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Moose are herbivores. They have four separate pouches in their stomachs to digest their food. In a day, moose can eat as little as 44 pounds to a huge 130 pounds of plant growth from a lake or a swamp. An average moose eats about 44 pounds of wet food. In the spring, these 44 pounds increase to 60 pounds and in the autumn, they can eat as much as 130 pounds daily. In summer, their diet include water lilies and moose will go to great lengths to get them. They will swim out into the lake to eat their favorite food, and they may even dive as deep as 18'. They often leave the water to get at some of the undergrowth. They have been known to bend a sapling over so they can get at the tender leaves. In the winter, they survive by eating woody plants that include twigs, buds, and bark of willow, balsam, aspen, dogwood, birch and cherries. They also eat the needle like leaves of conifers. Many animals like deer, elk, rabbits and beavers compete with the moose for food.
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