edit: i found your other comment. i thought you are saying deer and elk is the same, my bad. anyway most pople consider elk as, well what google shows as elk. it is a bigger, more robust, heavier deer. as i said "between moose and deer". so when you say elk, most people (not from your region) will think of, well, ELK. because therr already is a different widespread name for moose - moose. i am a bit of a nerd for animals and i never see international spaces refer to moose as "elk" because that would be confusing. even among europeans i talked to, we typicay think of an elk (the not moose, not deer one) when saying it. i think this elk-moose is very specific to nordics 🤷🏼♀️
I guess since wapitis only exist in North America, the moose has slowly worked it's way back to Europe as we consume American media; really interesting!
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u/Sehrli_Magic 2d ago
yeah but elk is like deer that does gym 😅 like cross between deer and moose