[SOC] [OT] Drunken elk rescued from Swede's apple tree

[S. Nordenstroem]

Yes there are, Wikipedia calls it the "Moose or euroasian Elk".

> The *elk* or *wapiti* (/Cervus canadensis/) is one of the largest 
> species <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Species> of deer 
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deer> in the world and one of the 
> largest land mammals <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mammal> in North 
> America <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_America> and eastern Asia 
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Asia>. In the deer family 
> (Cervidae), only the larger moose <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moose> 
> (/Alces alces/), which is called an "elk" in Europe 
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Europe>, and the sambar 
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sambar_%28deer%29> (/Rusa unicolor/) 
> rival the elk in size.

Now, this is not SOC but fact...


On 10/09/2011 07:29, Paul M wrote:
> There aren't any mooses in europe, they're an American animal.
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> --- On Fri, 9/9/11, Carl<cstrode at centurytel.net>  wrote:
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>> From: Carl<cstrode at centurytel.net>
>> Subject: Re: [SOC] [OT] Drunken elk rescued from Swede's apple tree
>> To: "Second Class Operators' Club"<soc at mailman.qth.net>
>> Date: Friday, 9 September, 2011, 18:00
>> Sorry - but that is a moose, not an
>> elk.
>>
>> On 9/8/2011 6:43 PM, Ian C. Purdie wrote:
>>> A drunken elk desperate for just one more mouthful of
>> fermenting apples
>>> lost its balance in the attempt, leaving it stuck in
>> an apple tree in
>>> western Sweden...
>>>
>>> http://www.thelocal.se/36002/20110907/
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>>>
>>> Thanks! :) 72/73's
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