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Tag Archives: Irish Elk
No Bullwinkle
On Twilight Beasts you will hopefully have seen some of the amazing mummified animals of the Pleistocene. Some of these mummies may even be like old familiar friends to you: the woolly mammoths Lyuba, Buttercup, Khroma, Dima, Yuka, and Mascha, … Continue reading
Posted in Extinction, Irish Elk, moose, Uncategorized
Tagged Alces alces, Beringia, Buttercup, Cervalces, Cervalces latifrons, Cervalces scotti, Clovis culture, Extinction, Irish Elk, Lyuba, Mammoth, Megaloceros giganteus, moose, mummies, Pleistocene
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Ice Age Mammals in Batman’s House
During summer 2015 I was lucky enough to volunteer at the Nottingham Natural History Museum (NOTNH) at Wollaton Hall in the UK. Not only was Wollaton Hall the film location for Wayne Manor in the 2012 Batman film The Dark … Continue reading
Posted in Creswell Crags
Tagged Batman, Canis sp, Cave hyena, Coelodonta antiquitatis, Creswell Crags, Crocuta crocuta spelaea, Equus ferus, Horse, Irish Elk, Jordan Bestwick, Megaloceros giganteus, Nottingham Natural History Museum, Phanerozoic, The Dark Knight Rises, Wollaton Hall, Woolly rhinoceros
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Survivors
One of the wonderful reasons Twilight Beasts are so dear to us is because most are just downright weird. The peculiar llama with a trunk, dogs with teeth as strong as a hyena, and an armadillo that looked like an igloo were just … Continue reading
The last Giant Deer
There’s been recurring themes in much of the research we’ve undertaken while finding new Twilight Beasts for this blog. Overkill, as discussed by Ross in his harrowing blog on the Steller Sea Cow is one of them; environmental changes caused … Continue reading
T’was the night before Christmas
Head held down, the reindeer forced itself forwards. A strong, icy wind blasted against it’s thick hide. Straining to hear in the howling storm, there was no sign of the herd. Some moments earlier it had become separated from the group. Something had startled … Continue reading
Posted in Reindeer
Tagged Alces alces, Arctic hare, Arctic lemming, Capreolus capreolus, Caribou, Cave Lion, Cervus elaphus, Clement Moores, Cueva de las Monedas, Dama dama, Devon, Elk, Fallow Deer, Father Christmas, Giant Deer, Horse, Hyena, Irish Elk, Kents Cavern, Lascaux Caves, Last Glacial Maximum, leopard, Mammoth, Mammoth Steppe, Megaloceros giganteus, Montastruc, musk ox, Plymouth, Rangifer tarandus, reindeer, Roe Deer, Rudolf, Sabre tooth cat, Santa, Wolf, Woolly rhinoceros
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An elk that wasn’t an elk
To see an Irish Elk (Megaloceros giganteus) in all its glory, visit the National Museum of Ireland, in Dublin. Here, skeletons of this magnificent beast are articulated, proudly towering higher than the visitors. What really stands out are the incredibly enormous … Continue reading
Posted in Irish Elk
Tagged Eurasian Elk, Fallow Deer, Holocene, Irish Elk, Lascaux Caves, Last Glacial Maximum, Megaloceros gignanteus, Pleistocene
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