LR - Irish Moose?

[N.Foster]

Picky, picky, picky. Yes, it lived in the pleistocene epoch, over 11,000 years ago. We're talking very creative anachronism.

Padraig Ruad O'Maolagain wrote:

> Wasn't Megalocerus extinct by the Middle Ages?  Still, the imagery is awesome.
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> Padraig
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> Nudd said -
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> >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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