1 Season
6 Episode
Extinct - Season 1 Episode 3 The Irish Elk
The Irish Elk, a giant prehistoric creature that was neither Irish nor an elk, but a deer. Weighing as much as ten men with antlers spanning twelve feet, was the Irish elk a victim of its own success? Growing ever-bigger antlers sapped vital minerals and left the elk with brittle bones. As food became scarce during the Ice Age, the elk, hungry and weakened, faced a battle to survive...
- Year: 2001
- Country: United Kingdom
- Genre: Documentary
- Studio: Channel 4
- Keyword: mammoth, saber-toothed tiger, tasmanian tiger, dodo bird, extinct
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- Cast: Alun Armstrong