Irish Elk for Kids
Meet the Irish elk, a giant deer with enormous antlers that were wider than many cars.
Tap a fact card or story line to hear it again.
Meet the Irish elk
The Irish elk was the largest deer that ever lived on Earth.
It was not really an elk like the ones people talk about today. It was a giant deer.
Its antlers were huge and could stretch about twelve feet from tip to tip.
That is wider than many modern cars.
Irish elk are not alive today. That means they are extinct.
Little Irish elk facts
Giant deer
The Irish elk was a giant deer with giant antlers.
Wide antlers
Its antlers could be about twelve feet wide.
Forest puzzle
Walking through thick forests may have been tricky with antlers that big.
Huge helper
The Irish elk helps us imagine a world with truly enormous deer.
Irish elk games
Tap the elk
Tap the giant deer and watch it bounce.
Grow the antlers
Make the Irish elk's antlers grow nice and wide.
Tap to see the huge antlers.
Wider than a car?
Show how wide the antlers could be.
12 feet wide
Tap to compare the antlers with a car.
Walk through the forest
Help the elk walk between the trees.
The trees are waiting.
Irish elk quiz
What was the Irish elk?
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Giant antlers
Choose one.
Forest puzzle
Why might the forest have been tricky?
Trees + giant antlers
Choose the best answer.
Printable Irish elk activity
Colour, trace, and read
Open a clean one-page printable with a big Irish elk picture, the words Irish Elk, and a tiny fact.