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"Fishermen net skull and antlers of extinct Irish elk"

From Ireland this time...

https://www.thevintagenews.com/2018/09/14/irish-elk/

They are massive. A landowner I know has a pair hanging in his shooting room which came over from Ireland over 100 years ago. You have to see them to truly appreciate jus how big these animals were..

manny wrote:They are massive. A landowner I know has a pair hanging in his shooting room which came over from Ireland over 100 years ago. You have to see them to truly appreciate jus how big these animals were..

Your a lucky man to see one of these up close manny... I guess my best option is going to be popping along to the natural history museum.

manny wrote:They are massive. A landowner I know has a pair hanging in his shooting room You have to see them to truly appreciate just how big these animals were..

Too much information.

Old Git John wrote:

manny wrote:They are massive. A landowner I know has a pair hanging in his shooting room You have to see them to truly appreciate just how big these animals were..

Too much information.

Ha ha... I guess I should have seen that one coming.

And no... don't even go there John,

Well what an impressive beast Megaloceros giganteus was shame they are now extinct

lee greagsbey wrote:

manny wrote:They are massive. A landowner I know has a pair hanging in his shooting room which came over from Ireland over 100 years ago. You have to see them to truly appreciate jus how big these animals were..

Your a lucky man to see one of these up close manny... I guess my best option is going to be popping along to the natural history museum.

Had the day off today so I took myself up to the natural history museum to see the blue whale, but while I was there I took a look at the Megaloceros giganteus with the set of antlers weight in at around 40 kgs...

not the best picture but here you go....
Good display of human evolution with cheddar man's remains there also a tooth from Lucy...