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Red deer herd. Image: Isfugl (Flickr, used under a CC BY-NC-SA 3.0)

1 posted on 05/14/2012 3:13:54 PM PDT by SunkenCiv

To: SunkenCiv

I wonder if they helped drive the Irish Elk to extinction or were they brought in as a replacement for a Megaloceros that had been over hunted?

Damn you hairy Firbolgs!

3 posted on 05/14/2012 3:26:37 PM PDT by Sirius Lee (When we cease to be good we'll cease to be great. Be for Goode.)

To: SunkenCiv

I wonder if they helped drive the Irish Elk to extinction or were they brought in as a replacement for a Megaloceros that had been over hunted?

Damn you hairy Firbolgs!

4 posted on 05/14/2012 3:26:46 PM PDT by Sirius Lee (When we cease to be good we'll cease to be great. Be for Goode.)

To: SunkenCiv

Couldn’t the deer swim over? And if they have written records of people bringing the deer, why did they have to look for fossils?

But, questions aside, they certainly are pretty. THe red coats match the brush — camoflauge.

6 posted on 05/14/2012 3:48:15 PM PDT by afraidfortherepublic

To: SunkenCiv

Neolithic farmers brought deer to Ireland

They didn’t have enough indigenous pests to eat their crops, so had to import?

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