10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «IRISH ELK»
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Introduces the physical characteristics, habitat, and behavior of this prehistoric relative of modern-day deer.
Although the biggest bull moose are similar in size to the Irish elk, the moose's
antlers are much smaller, with a maximum weight of about 66 pounds (30
kilograms). The width of a moose's antlers seldom measures much more than the
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Back to Darwin: The Scientific Case for Deistic Evolution
This would seem to explain how the Irish Elk's antlers could have gotten to be so
gigantic: because it was their increasing body size that was the primary object of
natural selection. As their bodies got bigger, their antlers got bigger faster.
Michael Anthony Corey, 1994
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Still Life: Adventures in Taxidermy
In addition to Ken Walker's encyclopedic knowledge, my primary source for
information about Megaloceros giganteus — phylogenetic, historic, and cultural
— was the Irish elk chapter in Extinct by Anton Gill and Alex West (Macmillan,
2003).
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Horns, Tusks, and Flippers: The Evolution of Hoofed Mammals
The "Irish elk," Megaloceros, was neither an elk nor strictly Irish. It was a huge Ice
Age deer with moose-like palmate antlers that were gigantic, but proportional to
its huge size. (Photo from Millais, 1897). aged. This reduced success would be ...
Donald R. Prothero, Robert M. Schoch, 2002
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Heatstroke: Nature in an Age of Global Warming
It turns out that in comparison to other deer, most Irish elk antlers are the size you'
d expect given their large body size. However, the Ballybetagh antlers were
smaller than the allometric equations predicted. 17. Besides nutritional state,
antler ...
Anthony D. Barnosky, 2010
The extinction of Irish elk Extinction of the large-antlered Irish elk (Megaloceros
giganteus) near the end of the Pleistocene has often been explained as resulting
from their having become mired in bog mud and/or being drowned in marshes or
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The Edinburgh Journal of Science
This will be immediately seen, by comparing Mr Bur~ man's beautiful delineation
of the head of the fosil Irish elk, (see'Plate II. Fig. 1,) with his outline of the horn 'of
the Norwegian elk. But Cuvier has been the most successful in pointing out the ...
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The Edinburgh Journal of Science ... Conducted by (Sir) ...
This will be immediately seen, by comparing Mr Burman's beautiful delineation of
the head of the fosil Irish elk, (see Plate II. Fig. 1,) with his outline of the horn of
the Norwegian elk. But Cuvier has been the most successful in pointing out the ...
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The Edinburgh Journal of Science
This will be immediately seen, by comparing Mr Bur- man's beautiful delineation
of the head of the fosil Irish elk, (see Plate II. Fig. 1,) with his outline of the horn of
the Norwegian elk. But Cuvier has been the most successful in pointing out the ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «IRISH ELK»
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Irish elk is used in the context of the following news items.
You'll Find The Biggest Male Appendage in the World—at the Beach
Once upon a time, 11,000 years ago, there was a deer (called Megaloceros giganteus, or the Irish elk) that wandered Europe and Asia, and ... «National Geographic, Jul 15»
Lions roar again as opening day approaches for Portsmouth Guildhall
The bull and the stallion represent the Earth while the seahorse and sea-dragon represent the sea. Finally the Irish elk and a dragon passant, ... «Portsmouth News, Jul 15»
The Crate: Odawas, The Blue Depths (2009) is classic modern …
The `80s coldwave influence - the OMD synths in The Case of the Great Irish Elk - really, in a sense, try to destroy all the pastoral beauty of ... «Sydney Morning Herald, Jul 15»
Dinosaurs from the past – which ones will you want to see alive
Next in order of the most wanted creatures come back to life is The Irish elk or deer, also known as the giant deer (Megaloceros giganteus). «Emirates 24/7, Jun 15»
Massive Irish Elk Survived the Mass Extinction of the Last Ice Age
While many animal species became extinct, the giant deer, or Irish elk, was still around during that time period. (Photo : Wikimedia Commons). «Science World Report, Jun 15»
Giant deer were still present in Southern Germany after the Ice Age
... the woolly rhinoceros, cave bears and the Megaloceros, also known as the giant deer or Irish elk, which could weigh as much as 1.5 tons. «Phys.Org, Jun 15»
Making History: Spotlighting Art And Design From The Emerald Isle
The show opens with the colossal antlers of an Irish Elk, a sign that denoted "welcome" in many Irish homes of the time. This grand entrance ... «Chicagoist, May 15»
Another Life: The lost treasures of the dead zoo
His concern with the extinct “Irish elk”, as it was known in the US, was to refute the creationist claim that its antlers, seeming so impossibly huge, ... «Irish Times, May 15»
One Man's Mad Journey to the Big Buck Hunter Championship
Then a herd of prehistoric Irish elk appears. They're new animals, unveiled here at the tourney. No one has seen them before. It throws Van ... «Wired, May 15»
WATCH: Inside Bangor University's rarely seen Natural History …
The unique collection include Irish elk antlers which are around 7,500 year old, the skeleton of a Tasmanian devil and taxidermy specimens of ... «Daily Post North Wales, Apr 15»
