Re: The absurdity, the absurdity (was: Cooperating theropods?)

[Earl Wood <candles@jps.net>]

Chris Campbell wrote:

> Jonathon Woolf wrote:
> >
> > Chris Campbell wrote:
> >
> > > > since CHRIS posted a list of horned and antlered animals where 2 out of
> > > > 5 were sexually dimorphic so that fully half that species had no antlers
> > > > whatsoever, I think CHRIS had better check his sources (like who said
> > > > what) or wind up looking etc.
> > >
> > > No, only one was sexually dimorphic.  And I never said they weren't.
> > > Elk and moose, FYI, are the same animal.  One's just a European name.  I
> > > never said anything that was incorrect; you said that all of these
> > > animals lacked horns (or antlers, as the case may be), which is not the
> > > case.
> >
> > I think you need to find some new sources.  The ones you have are giving 
> > you bad
> > information.
>
> No, it's giving good info, I just didn't read the entry on Wapiti
> thoroughly enough.
>
> > The animal that North Americans call a moose (_Alces alces_)  is
> > indeed a.k.a. an elk in the Old World.  However, there is _also_ an animal 
> > called
> > the Red Deer or Wapiti (_Cervus elaphus_), which North Americans generally 
> > call
> > an Elk (note uppercase).  To a North American, a moose is a moose and an 
> > elk is
> > an elk, and never the twain shall meet.  And both species are dimorphic, 
> > with
> > only the male having antlers (not horns).
>
> Yes, WMotW confirms this.  Methinks this is a cougar/mountain lion/puma
> thing.  American folks call red dear, or wapiti, elk and Europeans call
> moose elk.  Which elk is the real elk?  The Europeans did it first, so I
> just call Moose elk when I'm dealing with Europeans and call red deer,
> uh, red deer.  I can't help it if my fellow Americans like to confuse
> things.  :)
>
> Chris

      In Idaho a Moose and an Elk are TWO different animals. If there is  any 
doubt,
askthe Idaho Fish and Game, they need a good laugh. Also look in a good in
encyclopedia.
       An old hunter,
       Earl

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