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The Irish elk stood about 2 m (6 ft 7 in) tall at the shoulders, [5] and had large palmate (flat and broad) antlers, [32] the largest of any known deer, with the largest specimens reaching over 3.5 m (11 ft) from tip to tip [5] (though it is rare for specimens to exceed 3 metres (9.8 ft) across [11]) and 40 kg (88 lb) in weight. [33]
The deer was given its nickname by photographer Richard Austin. [1] Its body was reportedly discovered near the A361 road between Tiverton and Barnstaple in Devon, during the annual rutting season. [6] It was reportedly killed by a licensed hunter, [1] [6] and an unnamed man reported hearing two shots. [7]
Megaloceros (from Greek: μεγαλος megalos + κερας keras, literally "Great Horn"; see also Lister (1987)) is an extinct genus of deer whose members lived throughout Eurasia from the Pleistocene to the early Holocene.
A giant buck always seemed to be one step ahead of a teenage deer hunter in Mississippi, but time and persistence paid off with with a giant 150-class trophy. "On Oct. 22, 2024, I killed the ...
At the Whaley Tannery & Taxidermy in Wedowee, Alabama, this is the red stag deer Coye Potts, 16, of Roanoke, killed with one shot from a crossbow November 3, 2022, on the Rock Mills property owned ...
The average sized Cervalces latifrons was quite a bit more massive than other large moose-like deer, such Cervalces scotti, the largest races of the extant moose and the Irish elk (Megaloceros giganteus), despite some overlap in shoulder height, and is the largest deer ever known to exist.
A Mississippi teenager had two heart-pounding encounters with a giant buck and her third encounter with him ended with a 156 1/2-inch trophy. 'This deer was ginormous.' Mississippi teen bags 150 ...
The heaviest bird ever capable of flight was Argentavis magnificens, the largest member of the now extinct family Teratornithidae, found in Miocene-aged fossil beds of Argentina, with a wingspan up to 5.5 m (18 ft), a length of up to 1.25 m (4.1 ft), a height on the ground of up to 1.75 m (5.7 ft) and a body weight of at least 71 kg (157 lb).