Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Elk are the second largest member of the deer family (moose are the largest). Adult males, or bulls, range upwards of 700 pounds (~320 kg) while females, or cows, average 500-525 pounds (~225–240 kg). Their coats are reddish brown with heavy, darker-colored manes and a distinct yellowish rump patch. Elk usually live about 15 years in the wild.
Male elk are called bulls, females are called cows, and babies are calves. Calves are born in May and June and at birth their camouflaged colored fur helps to conceal them from predators. Male elk ...
Male elk are called bulls, females are called cows, and babies are called calves. Calves are born in May and June and at birth their camouflaged colored fur helps to conceal them from predators.
The male elk was admired for its ability to attract mates, and Lakota men will play a courting flute imitating a bugling elk to attract women. Men used elks' antlers as love charms and wore clothes decorated with elk images. [130] The Rocky Mountain elk is the official state animal for Utah. [131]
The eastern elk (Cervus canadensis canadensis) is an extinct subspecies or distinct population of elk that inhabited the northern and eastern United States, and southern Canada. The last eastern elk was shot in Pennsylvania on September 1, 1877. [1] [2] The subspecies was declared extinct by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service in 1880. [3]
A 4-year-old boy and an 8-year-old girl were attacked and injured by elk four days apart in a Colorado town. The boy was at a playground near Stanley Park in Estes Park, Colorado, around 1:30 p.m ...
On June 17, 2008, 53 wood bison were transferred from Alberta's Elk Island National Park to the Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center in Anchorage, Alaska. [37] There they were to be held in quarantine for two years and then reintroduced to their native habitat in the Minto Flats area near Fairbanks , but this plan was placed on hold.
Get AOL Mail for FREE! Manage your email like never before with travel, photo & document views. Personalize your inbox with themes & tabs. You've Got Mail!