ELK
The elk is one of the largest mammals in North America, Eastern Asia and also in the deer family. Its scientific name is Cervus elaphus. They usually live up in the mountains but when they don't have enough food they come down from the mountains to the valley. In their living environment there are trees, rivers and mountain. Some of the organisms that they eat are grass, acorns, bark, leaves, and buds from shrubs and trees. Some interesting facts are that they stay in a herd to watch each other and to protect each other from the predators, such as wolves. So as they stay in a herd, the elk take turns to eat, and what they do is have bigger elk outside of the circle to watch if they have a predator in sight. Elk have their antlers for a purpose, but only the males have them, so they can protect themselves from any danger and to fight other elk to win over the female. For females, it takes a dozen or more attempts, then by the fall of their second year they can produce one and they rarely produce two offspring. Females tend to isolate themselves from the main herd until the calf is large enough to escape from predators. The reason why the color of their coat is brown is so that elk can be camouflaged with their environment and not to be in danger with other predators. If they had a different color of hair then it would be easier for other animals to see it. The males weigh an average of 600-700 pounds and cows average weight is 500 pounds. Adult elk are 7-10 ft long from nose to tail, and while they are standing they measure 4.5 -5 feet tall. Their antlers reach to a width of five feet.
The elk is one of the largest mammals in North America, Eastern Asia and also in the deer family. Its scientific name is Cervus elaphus. They usually live up in the mountains but when they don't have enough food they come down from the mountains to the valley. In their living environment there are trees, rivers and mountain. Some of the organisms that they eat are grass, acorns, bark, leaves, and buds from shrubs and trees. Some interesting facts are that they stay in a herd to watch each other and to protect each other from the predators, such as wolves. So as they stay in a herd, the elk take turns to eat, and what they do is have bigger elk outside of the circle to watch if they have a predator in sight. Elk have their antlers for a purpose, but only the males have them, so they can protect themselves from any danger and to fight other elk to win over the female. For females, it takes a dozen or more attempts, then by the fall of their second year they can produce one and they rarely produce two offspring. Females tend to isolate themselves from the main herd until the calf is large enough to escape from predators. The reason why the color of their coat is brown is so that elk can be camouflaged with their environment and not to be in danger with other predators. If they had a different color of hair then it would be easier for other animals to see it. The males weigh an average of 600-700 pounds and cows average weight is 500 pounds. Adult elk are 7-10 ft long from nose to tail, and while they are standing they measure 4.5 -5 feet tall. Their antlers reach to a width of five feet.
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- Wendy
Good information regarding the habitat of the elk, what it eats, and how it avoids getting eaten by predators. Just work on organization a little bit to make it flow better!
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