Great Michigan Elk
by LeeAnn McLaneGoetz McLaneGoetzStudioLLCcom
Title
Great Michigan Elk
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LeeAnn McLaneGoetz McLaneGoetzStudioLLCcom
Medium
Photograph - Photographs
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Traverse City Michigan
The elk or wapiti is one of the largest species of deer in the world, and one of the largest land mammals in North America.
Elk range in forest and forest-edge habitat, feeding on grasses, plants, leaves, and bark. It is a ruminant species, with a four-chambered stomach, and feeds on grasses, plants, leaves and bark.
Male elk have large antlers which are shed each year. Males also engage in ritualized mating behaviors during the rut, including posturing, antler wrestling (sparring), and bugling, a loud series of vocalizations which establishes dominance over other males and attracts females.
Some cultures revere the elk as a spiritual force. Elk are hunted as a game species; the meat is leaner and higher in protein than beef or chicken. Only the males have antlers, which start growing in the spring and are shed each winter. Calves are born spotted, as is common with many deer species, and they lose their spots by the end of summer
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April 25th, 2013
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LeeAnn McLaneGoetz McLaneGoetzStudioLLCcom
The great Elk spotted in the upper part of the lower peninsula of Michigan, started to sniff the air as I approached with my camera. It was almost as if they were smelling human and wondered if I was going to shoot them with a gun. After a few grunts and sniffs they decided I was of no threat and went on their way into the woods.