If an Irish elk stag responded to a lack of food the way red deer do today, their antlers would shrink down to the size of moose antlers or less. Obviously moose have managed to survive with ...

erroneously identified it with the American moose (Alces alces) - confusingly known as the Eurasian elk in Europe - because of its appearance and size. In fact, the Irish elk is not especially ...

Today we call it the Irish elk, or Megaloceros giganteus. The biggest males weighed 1,500 pounds, about the same as an Alaskan moose, and they sported the largest antlers the world has ever known ...

The Irish elk, actually a form of deer, was about the size of a modern moose, but had a remarkable set of antlers, which weighted up to 40kg. Most remains date from between 12,000 years and 11,000 ...

The Irish elk, or Megaloceros giganteus, was actually a giant deer. Adult males were about the size of a bull moose and had broad, flat antlers that could span more than 3.5 meters. Scientists in ...

Megaloceros giganteus actually was a giant deer that stood more than 2.1 meters high at the shoulder, about the size of today’s bull moose. Antlers sported by male Irish elk spanned up to about ...

The Irish elk (megaloceros giganteus ... It was roughly the same size as a modern-day moose, weighed about 1300 pounds, and some animals needed a clearance of 13 feet just to squeeze their ...