LR - Irish Moose?

Padraig Ruad O'Maolagain padraig_ruad at irishbard.com
Fri Jun 9 17:13:26 PDT 2000


Wasn't Megalocerus extinct by the Middle Ages?  Still, the imagery is awesome.

Padraig

Nudd said -

>You are correct that moose never existed in Ireland, but it was the home of the Irish Elk, or Megalocerus, that stood 7 feet at the
>shoulder and had an antler span of up to 12 feet.
>
>Padraig Ruad O'Maolagain wrote:
>
>>
>> Although the Emerald Isle boosts many strange and wonderous creatures, the Irishman not least amonst these, alas, there are no moose.


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