The+Giant+Deer

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 * This animal was also known as the Irish Elk.
 * The animal stood 2.1 meters at the shoulders.
 * It was found in the Irish bogs.
 * The latest findings of the deer have been from about 11,000 years ago.
 * The earliest findings were from about 400,000 years ago.
 * It's body weighed about 700kg.
 * The antlers alone weighed about 30-45kg.
 * They were formed 200 years before man came.
 * They are now extinct.
 * The main area it lived in was Eurasia.
 * Their giant antlers was not just for raming it was also for atracting mates, but also for territory.
 * <span style="display: block; font-size: 110%; color: #800000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; text-align: left;">There was theory that the male antlers grew because the were in battle.
 * <span style="display: block; font-size: 110%; color: #0f700f; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; text-align: left;">Their antlers were about 1 meter long and 3-5 feet tall.
 * <span style="display: block; font-size: 110%; color: #800000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; text-align: left;">They also say that the antlers became so unweildy that they could not carry on with the normal life and that is why they went extinct.
 * <span style="display: block; font-size: 110%; color: #0f700f; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; text-align: left;">Their ancesters were large to begin with, That is another theory.
 * <span style="display: block; font-size: 110%; color: #800000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; text-align: left;">They were definantly were herbivores.
 * <span style="display: block; font-size: 110%; color: #0f700f; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; text-align: left;">Their antler and skull size were depended on the gender of the deer.
 * <span style="display: block; font-size: 110%; color: #800000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; text-align: left;">The thing that they fought over most was either the mate or territory.
 * <span style="display: block; font-size: 110%; color: #0f700f; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; text-align: left;">The most research said theat they had high amount of calcium and phsphate.
 * <span style="display: block; font-size: 110%; color: #800000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; text-align: left;">The calcium and phsphate are the main source for the antlers.
 * <span style="display: block; font-size: 110%; color: #0f700f; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; text-align: left;">The word giant deer meams "meglocros giganteus".
 * <span style="display: block; font-size: 110%; color: #800000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; text-align: left;">They were also in northern and eastern ireland.
 * <span style="display: block; font-size: 110%; color: #0f700f; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; text-align: left;">They were also a victim of the ice age.
 * <span style="display: block; font-size: 110%; color: #800000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; text-align: left;">The total hight of the giant deer was 3-5 meters tall.