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Boxley Elk
Weighing in at up to 700 pounds, the North American elk (Cervus canadensis) stands as one of the biggest deer species on earth. But don’t think that just because an elk is large that it’s slow. A mature bull can run as fast as 40 miles per hour and can jump eight feet vertically. Have you ever heard of a bull elk bugling? Did you wonder how they make that noise? Until recently, scientists did too. The bugles reach pitches that are far too high to be produced by an elk’s voice box. If you could use binoculars to look at a bugling male, you would see that he is moving both his lips and his nostrils. Yep, he’s roaring and whistling simultaneously. And there you’ve got it, the famous elk bugle. The Shawnee name for elk is wapiti, which means White Rump. This young bull elk is grazing in the early spring rain in Boxley Valley in North West Arkansas. Between 1981 and 1985, elk were re-introduced to the Buffalo River area, and have become one of Arkansas’ most successful re-establishment programs.
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Boxley Elk
Weighing in at up to 700 pounds, the North American elk (Cervus canadensis) stands as one of the biggest deer species on earth. But don’t think that just because an elk is large that it’s slow. A mature bull can run as fast as 40 miles per hour and can jump eight feet vertically. Have you ever heard of a bull elk bugling? Did you wonder how they make that noise? Until recently, scientists did too. The bugles reach pitches that are far too high to be produced by an elk’s voice box. If you could use binoculars to look at a bugling male, you would see that he is moving both his lips and his nostrils. Yep, he’s roaring and whistling simultaneously. And there you’ve got it, the famous elk bugle. The Shawnee name for elk is wapiti, which means White Rump. This young bull elk is grazing in the early spring rain in Boxley Valley in North West Arkansas. Between 1981 and 1985, elk were re-introduced to the Buffalo River area, and have become one of Arkansas’ most successful re-establishment programs.
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