[Leica] Friday Elk

[wrs111445 at yahoo.com (Bill Smith)]

Check your dictionary or other suitable reference work for "American 
Wapiti". I think that's actually the proper name for the "Elk".

dlridings@gmail.com wrote:Yeah, I don't really know what an elk is. 
Etymologically "elg/?lg" and
"elk" are probably the same word, but that doesn't mean the animal is
the same :-)

Daniel

On 9/30/05, Eric wrote:
> Bill:
>
> >That looks like a Moose to me.
>
> I found out about that when I was learning more about our late Norwegian
> Elkhound:
>
> http://canid.com/pets/skye.html
>
> >From what I remember, they're called Elghunds in Norway. They are used to
> hunt "elk" aka moose and bear. Elg = moose. What they call an elk, we call
> a moose.
>
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> Eric
> http://canid.com/
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> Eric
> http://canid.com/
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