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I was watching these cow elk for a few minutes when something else got their attention. I never did see what it was; I was hoping some magnificent carnivore like a bear or a pack of wolves would enter the scene, but I never did see what set the elk off. They pranced out of site into the evergreens shortly after I captured this photo.
The elk or wapiti is one of the largest species within the deer family, Cervidae, in the world, and one of the largest land mammals in North America and Eastern Asia. This animal should not be confused with the still larger moose to which the name "elk" applies in British English and in reference to populations in Eurasia.
Elk range in forest and forest-edge habitat, feeding on grasses, plants, leaves, and bark. Male elk have large antlers which are shed each year. Males also engage in.. more
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