article_snippet: This image shows the skull of the large moose- like animal .
article_snippet: A distant relative of the modern-day fallow deer, the Irish elk was a giant animal that lived solely on vegetation.
article_snippet: An antler from a giant deer is shown .
article_snippet: Neither an elk nor exclusive to Ireland, An antler from a giant deer was given An antler from a giant deer name because the most well-preserved fossils were located in peat bogs in Ireland.
article_snippet: A distant relative of the modern-day fallow deer, the Irish elk was a giant animal that lived solely on vegetation.
article_snippet: A fossil of the Irish elk upper jaw bone is shown .
highlights_snippet: Irish elk were five ft (2metres) tall and had antlers with a 10 ft (3 metre) span .
  