Hayden Bull - 003
In this photo of the "Hayden Bull", you can see the bull thrashing a young lodgepole pine. The bulls do this during the pre-rut to mark their territory and sometimes to intimidate or challenge other bulls. Captured in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming.
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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