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Oldest and youngest stag-moose identified

Adam Khor · 2013-09-20 20:18:53

http://phys.org/news/2013-09-professor-oldest-youngest-stag-moose-north.html Cool animal btw :B

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20-09-2013 9:18pm

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Adam Khor

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http://phys.org/news/2013-09-professor-oldest-youngest-stag-moose-north.html

Cool animal btw :B

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I wonder on how closely related this was:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_elk

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#3 21-09-2013 9:23pm
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Within Cervidae, apparently not that close. Megaloceros was most closely related to fallow deer whereas Cervalces was closer to moose (they belong in different subfamilies I believe).

Awesome illustration BTW :>

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