Is The Irish Elk A Moose?
Is The Irish Elk A Moose? 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—12 feet across, weighing almost 90 pounds. What killed the Irish elk? The Irish elk finally