Scientists believe that it was the large antlers that were this species' demise. The size of the antlers were selected based on sexual preferences by the cows for bulls with larger antlers. Eventually the antlers became so unweildly and heavy that these deer could not go about normal business of life without the antlers interfering in some significant way.
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Because, wolfs ate them. <------- which is what my predicessor put. there must have been an imbalance of hunting in the area and Perhaps we didnt watch how many we killed.
Most recent research says the Irish Elk became extinct over 7,700 years ago
The irish elk was hunted too many times by cave humans. That elk was about the size of a moose.
Human hunting,starvation,habitat loss.
http://www.ipcc.ie/infoirishelk.html
They are similar. The Irish deer still lives wild in Ireland while the Irish Elk was a much larger form of deer and is long extinct! None as The Great Irish Elk.
Megaloceros giganteus is the scientific name for Irish elk Source:en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_Elk
Irish elk are matched to weigh about the same as today's moose. This means that the Irish elk (excluding the ~88 lb antlers) likely weighed around 1400 to 1600 lbs.
No. The Irish Elk (which is extinct, by the way), were herbivores, just like today's deer and deer-related species are. The Irish Elk were prey animals, hunted down by lions, wolves and sometimes bears.
Irish elk were likely preyed on by the same animals that prey on most deer and elk today: wolves, bears, cougars, lions, tigers, etc.
The most recent remains of the Irish Elk have been carbon dated to about 7,700 years ago in Siberia.
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Irish Elks lived in grassland bordering on woods and forests. The Irish Elk ate a mixture of seasonal grasses, herbs and leaves. In the winter Irish Elk may have had to "make do" or survive on tree twigs and bark.
The Irish Elk has been extinct for about 7,700 years, so it is difficult to know how many could be given birth to by one mother.
Exstinction
the Irish elk or the grey wolf
Irish elk became extinct in the Late Pleistocene. Some say it was because of a later growing season and some blame prehistoric man for their demise.