Irish Elk Project

The Irish Elk was the largest deer that ever lived. The species died out 7,700 years ago and extended all across Eurasia, from Ireland to Lake Baikal during the Late Pleistocene period. It stood about 6.9 feet at its shoulder and had the largest antlers ever found. The maximum length was found at a 12 foot spread. One of the theories for the reason it died was due to its large antlers it was limited in finding cover in forests or other shelter.

• I'm assigning myself a dramatic scene of an Irish Elk being pursued by Dire Wolves, which also went extinct but did outlive the elk. It will be 17x11 or larger, and will need to have at least 3 or more characters within the piece.

The Dire Wolf existed for about 1.79 million years and was found around North America and South America. It is closely related to the Gray Wolf. And it actually coexisted with the Gray Wolf in North America for about 100,000 years but surprisingly became extinct. It is theorized it died out because of the arrival of humans in which, hunted their big game animals they depended on. Also, their smaller relative, the Gray Wolf, was faster and could hunt the faster game so it is possible that the Dire Wolf became a scavenger for those 100,000 years it lived with the Gray Wolf.

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• Above might be the final composition - we will see later in the week :)

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