what was the behavior of a giant irish elk like?
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The Irish Elk (or Great Irish Deer to give it its proper name) was one of many large animals that went extinct at the very end of the last Ice Age, about 12,000 years ago. It didn't just live in Ireland, and had a territory across Northern Europe. It appears to have been a herd animal judging by skeleton finds, and it may not have been timid in the way current deer are: the threat from humans seems not to have been as big before the current warm-period began. \n\nThese animals were long extinct before written records began, so we can really only speculate how they behaved. Given the size of the antlers, there is a debate as to whether they were used in battle, as they would have been massively heavy and cumbersome.\n\nThe Natural History Museum in Dublin, Ireland contains two very well preserved specimens.
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Back in 1985 I had to have my horse put to sleep because of old age.  The following day, we took the rest of the horses out for a ride because we (horses included) were all missing him and were glum.  To get to the woods, we had to cross a bridge.  Every time we went over the bridge, I would look at the shadows of the horses' legs - mostly because by doing that, you could see whether anyone was lame or moving badly.  As I looked, I realised that there was the shadow of another horse behind me.  That horse had a very short, bushy tail.  My horse had had a very short, bushy tail.  I had thought it was funny, that the horse I was riding kept turning around to look behind her and wasn't very comfortable, but I just assumed they were still jumpy from having lost their friend.  I didn't realise it was that their friend had decided to come along for the ride!  I was glad to see that he wasn't lame any more and happy that he could now run and gallop with the best of them.  :)
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Most sources say they hooked up extra oxen, if the mud was too deep, and apparently the oxen just went down the hill. If it were a horse, they had to unhitch them and drag it down steep inclines. Horrid.\nLook at this website:\nhttp://equitour.com/usa/wt/index.htm
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It is an Irish pooka.\n\nVariants: phouka, puca\nNo fairy is more feared in Ireland than the pooka. This may be because it is always out and about after nightfall, creating harm and mischief, and because it can assume a variety of terrifying forms.\n\nThe guise in which it most often appears, however, is that of a sleek, dark horse with sulphurous yellow eyes and a long wild mane. In this form, it roams large areas of countryside at night, tearing down fences and gates, scattering livestock in terror, trampling crops and generally doing damage around remote farms.\n\nIn remote areas of County Down, the pooka becomes a small, deformed goblin who demands a share of the crop at the end of the harvest: for this reason several strands, known as the 'pooka's share', are left behind by the reapers. In parts of County Laois, the pooka becomes a huge, hairy bogeyman who terrifies those abroad at night; in Waterford and Wexford, it appears as an eagle with a massive wingspan; and in Roscommon, as a black goat with curling horns.\n\nThe mere sight of it may prevent hens laying their eggs or cows giving milk, and it is the curse of all late night travellers as it is known to swoop them up on to its back and then throw them into muddy ditches or bogholes. The pooka has the power of human speech, and it has been known to stop in front of certain houses and call out the names of those it wants to take upon its midnight dashes. If that person refuses, the pooka will vandalise their property because it is a very vindictive fairy.\n\nThe origins of the pooka are to some extent speculative. The name may come from the Scandinavian pook or puke, meaning 'nature spirit'. Such beings were very capricious and had to be continually placated or they would create havoc in the countryside, destroying crops and causing illness among livestock. Alternatively, the horse cults prevalent throughout the early Celtic world may have provided the underlying motif for the nightmare steed.
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I bottle-fed a male silver-phase red fox and raised it in my home. It is now about 9 years old. I held it in my arms 2 days ago while it licked my face. He is big- about 25 pounds. I found him to be quite the handful all by himself, and do not think I could have held more than one!
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They have thick bristle for hair on their skin and it sord of feels like a pig.  I would say the biggest they would get is about7-10 pounds and the only one I have ever touched was a dead one.  But their armor is pretty cool it is I dont know how to say it but it is hinged if that makes sence to you
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Really wacky question... LOL... Would you? I was thinking of an animal with a wide and long tounge... hmmm... how about a cow?... why not try it. It would be a great feeling, I think. =)
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The deer was said to be a fairy creature that could pass between the world's. This was especially true for a white deer. Fionn's wife Sabha became a deer when she went to the Otherworld. Beautiful women frequently became deer in many tales while fleeing from hunters. The Druid Tuan mac Carill is the sole survivor of a group of early Partholanian Irish settlers. He lives at first as a wildman of the woods eventually becoming a stag, an eagle, a salmon and eventually is reincarnated as himself at a much later date to give the ancient history of Ireland to the more recent settlers. \n\nEngland \n\nThe symbol and reverence of the stag amongst the Anglo-Saxons is a tradition that is very likely to be rooted in the most ancient of Germanic culture and religion. In England we know such reverence of stags was already a strong custom even in the days of Saint Augustine, for he is quoted as condemning the 'filthy practice of dressing up like a horse or stag' , a tradition that seems to resemble closely the English custom of hoodening. Like so many of the other animal symbols connected to the Anglo-Saxons, we only have to look at the Sutton Hoo ship burial for evidence. Within the burial was found a spectacular sceptre that was topped off with a beautiful stag figure. The sceptre to the King who carried it symbolised his power and high status. And it could be that \n\namongst the Heathens the stag was regarded as the most noble and proud of animals, and would therefore be a most appropriate symbol of a King and his leadership. Extremely strong evidence pointing to the use of stag images, but not only their images, but the worship of stags too, is found in a quote from Saint Aldhelm who wrote to a friend the following: \n\n'where once the crude pillars (ermula) of the same foul snake and the stag were worshipped with coarse stupidity in profane shrines' \n\nA later, medieval, English addition to the Stag legend is that of Herne the Hunter. The name Herne maybe a linguistic cognate with the Celtic Cernunnos. In modern times his shamanic-style appearance in the TV series 'Robin Hood' has increased his popularity. \n\nWales/Cornwall/Brittany \n\nIn Celtic mythology, the deer is a magical creature, able to move between the worlds. As in Eire many tales have humans transformed into deer. For example, St. Patrick was said to have transformed himself and his companions into deer in order to escape a trap laid by a pagan king. In the Welsh tale of Culhwch and Olwen, the stag is one of the oldest animals in the world, along with the blackbird, the owl, the eagle and the salmon. \n\nThe antlers of the stag are compared to tree-branches and thus may represent fertility. Since they are shed and re-grown every year, they may also symbolise rejuvenation and rebirth. Cernunnos, the Celtic Horned God, was depicted with the antlers of a stag; he is said to be a god of fertility and plenty, and to be the Lord of the Beasts. According to some, his antlers symbolise a radiation of heavenly light. Images of stags were supposedly used to symbolise Cernunnos in non-human form. \n\nOther than that, white deer are very rare. less than 1/4 ever survive to adulthood, being easy targets for preditors and trophy hunters, not to mention the fish and wildlife comittee in certain places.
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Probably highland cattle, a european cow
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I am a reiki master.  I have had a wild deer in the forest come out to observe the energy when i had a group of trainees with me at Bloomington, Indiana.  It was very special . the deer came right up into the clearing beside the road and stood looking at us from about 20 feet   we did not move.
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Elk. hunting them when they are in the rut is an unreal experience. Bugling and having them answer back angry is one of the most eerie sounds ever. It makes the hair on your neck stand up and your heart race. I have shot 2 at under 20 feet charging me. \nAnother i like to hunt are mountain goats. They have amazing eye sight and are a tough challenge to get close enough for a good shot.  You have to have excellent fitness as they tend to hang out above the tree line and it's usually a tough climb to get to them.
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Their size and the size of the heard is their protection. Other than man they have no real natural predators. Although larger predators will try to pick off a stray calf they are not willing to take on a mother bison protecting her calf.
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I will do an Irish jig and go look for this rabbit\n\n\nhttp://www.daylon.com/easter/
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Been there, done this!  They are not. It's an urban legend. Besides, Elephants aren't afraid of humans, lions, or anything. Even lion prides move out of the way when the big animals comes.\n\nSnopes comments that "In fact, given the large size and relatively poor eyesight of elephants, they don't necessarily notice the occasional mouse scurrying around them all that often."\n\nAlthough it's possible that if by some fluke the mouse scurrying noise was magnified an elephant might be a little spooked and try to figure out whether it's dangerous or not.
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A Furbie, actually three of them, from my Uncle.  I was 19 when he gave them to me.  I was like WTF are THOSE things?  They were cute until he put the batteries in them.  After a half an hour they were no longer cute but annoying and I was ready to kill them.  Eventually they all had 'accidents' including the one that caught fire.  It really wasn't on purpose that they were bad or wrong, my Uncle hasn't ever seen me as 'grown up' and I get some weird stuff from him all the time.
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I worked in a zoo for nine years and got to know our three elephants very well.  It is huge when they let one go.  The sound varies just like with humans.  The smell varies as well.  But the amount is very large every time.  It's like those big fans they use to create wind effects for movies.
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I was at a party; the host of this party had a large dog with very pronounced male genitalia.\n\nWe were standing around. . a bunch of middle-aged suburban couples with drinks in their hands, (no it was not a very good party) when the dog, presumably to liven things up started to masturbate with its tongue. There was a silence broken only by the frenzied lapping of the dog.\n\nI said, 'I have heard of dogs looking like their owners but this is ridiculous'\n\nIt did not go down (the remark I mean - the dog continued happily to consummation) well at all.