Comments on: Irish Elk/Giant Deer

By: gerard taylor

gerard taylor — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 11:24:56 +0000

The term Irish Elk is a misnomer that some people still use. Its proper name is Megaloceros giganteus, or the Giant Irish Deer, so called because of the numerous excellent remains found in Irish bogs. The evidence shows the deer died out from a climatic shift resulting in an increase in wooded habitat, this would not be ideal as the large antlers would have difficulty traveling through. Although to say that was the only reason would be ignorant, there were others but climatic shift after the Last Glacial Maximum in Ireland ended them. Evidence does show the existed until much later around the Ural mountains and Siberia, but so did Woolly Mammoths.

By: Tyler

Tyler — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 17:16:11 +0000

ive been studying the irish elk but i have some un-answered questions.

Why was it called an elk when its a deer?

been looking and can’t seem to find it

please get back to me,
thanks

By: leah

leah — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 16:41:57 +0000

lol great website man lovin it this was just wat i needed

By: pat

pat — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 12:08:14 +0000

this animal is very very cool@

By: pat

pat — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 12:07:36 +0000

i am trying to learn to i its very cool

By: WweFan4Life!

WweFan4Life! — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 16:40:50 +0000

That the elk was a very very importnamt animal Ahahahah……But i think it would need more information about!
Like:
-The extinction
-The habbitat
-Where it eats/ what it eats.
So if you want to write about the elk do it better!

By: erin

erin — Tue, 19 May 2009 18:50:16 +0000

this is cool.. by the way im erin shields and shayne bailey and felicia davenport (:
it is very interesting to look back and see what strange and wackey animals did live on this earth :p
good job!

By: erin

erin — Tue, 19 May 2009 18:48:46 +0000

hahahaha this is pretty cool man!! (: i love it

By: Danielle

Danielle — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 00:30:03 +0000

Hi.I am also doing a project in school on endangered animals and i decided to do this one. I am in &th grade and i live in Billings,MT. I was wondering if you had any other pictures of Irish elk? Were they easy for preditors to catch them and what did they eat? I think they are the coolist extinct animals in the world! I never knew they were so big. I first saw a picture of them in 4th grade and thought they weren’t real. Well thanks for listening to me talk about nothing. E-mail me back.

By: alicia douglas

alicia douglas — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 01:35:59 +0000

i my name is alicia doglas i am 11 years old and i want to learn about the irish deer.
how did it be come that big and how tall can the irish deer get.
why is it antles so big.
can you get me some photos.
can you get me some info.
when did they all die.
what do they eat.
why do they call them irish deer or elk.
please e mail me.