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Irish Elk, Megaloceros giganteusImagine cresting a windswept hillside in the fading amber of a Pleistocene sunset. The tall grass parts in slow ripples, stirred by a warm evening breeze—then by something far larger. An Irish Elk steps into view, a towering ghost from deep time, its silhouette edged with gold. It is a view some of our ancestors were lucky to behold!This magnificent deer—

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