The Irish Elk or Giant Deer, was the largest deer that ever lived. It lived in Eurasia, from Ireland to east of Lake Baikal, during the Late Pleistocene and early Holocene. The latest known remains of the species have been carbon dated to about 5,700 BC, or about 7,700 years ago. The Giant Deer is famous for its formidable size (about 2.1 meters or 7 feet tall at the shoulders), and in particular for having the largest antlers of any known curved (a maximum of 3.65 meters/12 feet from tip to tip and weighing up to 90 pounds).
( Extinct about 7,700 years ago )
I wish I could see one in real life!!!
cool beth
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