Boys Will Be Boys Vll
Here you see the young bull elk is having difficulty finding his footing on the rocky stream bottom as he continues to fall away from the other young bull. The other bull can only look on as his partner starts to soak himself in his own shame, and the water from the river.
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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