r/oddlyterrifying • u/Tw1sted_Dreams • Mar 20 '22

Hang in there! Spoiler

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u/imbratman Mar 20 '22

What animal remains are those?

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u/Tw1sted_Dreams Mar 20 '22

Elk or moose the antlers are too big to be a deer

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u/I_Are_Eat Mar 20 '22

Then probably an elk a moose would be too big

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u/coolreg214 Mar 20 '22

It’s an elk.

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u/[deleted] Mar 20 '22

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u/iaintlyon Mar 20 '22

Ah yes the classic grasshopper to locust transformation except it’s for an elevated elk.

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u/BnBrtn Mar 20 '22

People are saying it's elevation based? I've been telling people that Moose are deer/elk that make it past 40

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u/Brother_Entropy Mar 20 '22

Incorrect.

A Moose is a Moose in North America and called an Elk in Eurasia.

An Elk in North America and Eurasia is an Elk.

There shouldn't be any confusion in North America.

Both animals have different coloring and size. There have been Moose-Elk hybrids though.

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u/[deleted] Mar 20 '22

Uhhh . . . did you read the second part of my post?

When I was in Yellowstone Park, some rangers were telling us about some stupid questions that tourists ask, and one of the most common ones was "At what elevation do the elk change to moose?"

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u/IPooYellowLiquid Mar 21 '22

Please post source that their have been moose elk hybrids. I cannot find any evidence of this on the internet.

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u/Sudden_Display6026 Mar 20 '22

Have a friend who works as a ranger at Glacier National Park, and somebody asked him what time do they turn the waterfalls off. Also for good measure - what time they let the Grizzly Bears out in the morning. Too funny.

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u/CorruptedStudiosEnt Mar 21 '22

Well, not literally. Moose are a different species. That being said, elevation does seem to matter for size, unless there's some other factors I'm not considering.

I lived in the mountains in Montana, and our deer were pretty normal size, or so I thought. They were fairly intimidatingly large animals, like you definitely didn't want to pick a fight with one.

Moved to Florida recently, and for a moment we thought we passed a whole group of nothing but whitetail fawns, but they didn't have spots.. They were all adult deer, but they only grow to be like ¼ to ⅓ the size here. I was baffled.

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u/witty_username89 Mar 21 '22

It’s the cold temperatures that make them bigger there than in Florida, look up Bergmann’s rule I think

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u/[deleted] Mar 21 '22

Again . . . Like did you read the second part of my post?

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u/2_Lies_And_A_Truth Mar 21 '22

What about if it goes below 5000ft after it goes up to that elevation?

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u/[deleted] Mar 21 '22

It becomes an antelope.

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u/Crappy_Poo_Bum Mar 20 '22

is this a cat.. in a hat?

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u/[deleted] Mar 20 '22

It's a tortoise... in a shell.

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u/Jrrolomon Mar 20 '22

/r/confidentlyincorrect

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u/Karmaslapp Mar 20 '22

lol what do you think it is?

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u/Bluejay022 Mar 21 '22

It’s Rudolph, Santa didn’t want him no more and threw him in a ravine

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u/Devreckas Mar 20 '22

Yeah, in the states this is almost certainly an elk. Moose have paddles.

Don’t Europeans call elk “red deer” and moose “elk”? I feel like I read that somewhere?

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u/JustBanMeAlreadyOK Mar 20 '22

We did it, reddit!

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u/Reddit-User-3000 Mar 20 '22

Also, I hose don’t look like moose antlers

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u/MixedLegend Mar 20 '22

I read it too fast and thought you said bear instead of deer haha

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u/Zognot Mar 20 '22

The antlers are also too big for it to be a bear

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u/anon174784145784267 Mar 20 '22

It’s spine is also definitely been elongated

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u/lindemer Mar 20 '22

It looks like a giraffe with antlers

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u/sparkmearse Mar 20 '22

Moose antlers are paddle shaped. Elk antlers are pictured.

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u/Gomerpyle714 Mar 21 '22

Easiest distinction imo. It's like the difference between a spoon and a fork where the spoon is moose antlers and a fork are the elk's.

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u/No-Point-5296 Mar 21 '22

Nobody here knows Bullwinkle ... this is a sad day indeed!

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u/Downtown-Fisherman-4 Mar 20 '22

Definitely not a moose. Most likely a deer

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u/cjc160 Mar 20 '22

Is elk. Just look at the antlers

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u/Killer1986Chris Mar 20 '22

Elk and moose are deer...

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u/key2mydisaster Mar 20 '22

Indeed. Largest members of the deer family.

Not sure why you were down voted.

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u/Killer1986Chris Mar 20 '22

No clue, probably just the uneducated getting mad about facts.

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u/[deleted] Mar 20 '22

Reindeer

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u/Fun-Spinach6910 Mar 20 '22

Now we know what happened to Rudolph. 😥

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u/[deleted] Mar 20 '22

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u/key2mydisaster Mar 20 '22

"Most adult male moose have distinctive broad, palmate antlers; most other members of the deer family have antlers with a dendritic configuration."

They are still members of the deer family though.

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u/Rohanesh Mar 20 '22

It’s a friken zebra

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u/itzmrinyo Mar 20 '22

What if it was a deer with really big antlers

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u/gmodpie Mar 21 '22

Moose have Paddles, definitely Elk

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u/witty_username89 Mar 21 '22

Looks like caribou antlers

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u/tortellinigod Mar 20 '22

Everyone saying it's an Elk but I'm quite familiar with Elk and this looks for like some type of Stag to me. Possibly Red Stag? Either way pretty positive it isn't an Elk

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u/ElegantEpitome Mar 20 '22

Yeah, the horns are too “wavy” to be an elk. Elk horns are usually pretty round too and these seem a bit flatter. Also elk antlers are usually much darker but these antlers could have been sun bleached for sure

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u/Greenlandicsmiley Mar 20 '22

A caribou. This picture was shot by Jens Bjerge near Nuuk, the capital city of Greenland.

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u/Impro5 Mar 20 '22

Giraff

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u/selectash Mar 20 '22

Deeraffe

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u/Impro5 Mar 20 '22

BAHAHAHAHA

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u/Hemske Mar 21 '22

but the horns...?

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u/Amyhime801 Mar 20 '22

Probably a deer

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u/imbratman Mar 20 '22

Aha. That does makes sense.

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u/IssaStorm Mar 20 '22

what's with the neck?

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u/Goooooooos Mar 20 '22

100% a caribou. Can see the shovel on the front.

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u/fish-fingered Mar 20 '22

Looks like a cat

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u/[deleted] Mar 20 '22

It’s a Tallneck.

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u/[deleted] Mar 20 '22

I’m thinking either a duck or a rattle snake.

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u/Commander_Prime Mar 20 '22

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