File:Elk in Velvet with Cowbirds (94f43bbb-155d-4519-3e7a-712f84227462).jpg

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English: Elk in Velvet with Cowbirds
Photographer
English: NPS Photo
Title
English: Elk in Velvet with Cowbirds
Publisher
English: U.S. National Park Service
Description
English:

an adult male elk with antlers covered in soft fuzzy tissue grazing with two small birds on its back

For most of the year, a bull elk's antlers are covered in a soft fuzzy tissue called velvet. This tissue will be rubbed off at the end of summer to reveal the fully grown antlers underneath. If a bull's diet is nutritious enough, the antlers can grow up to 1 cm per day.

  • Keywords: elk; bull elk; wapiti; elk in velvet
Depicted place
English: Wind Cave National Park, Custer County, South Dakota
Date Taken on 16 July 2010
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94f43bbb-155d-4519-3e7a-712f84227462
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English: NPGallery
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Public domain This image or media file contains material based on a work of a National Park Service employee, created as part of that person's official duties. As a work of the U.S. federal government, such work is in the public domain in the United States. See the NPS website and NPS copyright policy for more information.
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WICA
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English: Birds; Elk; Birds; Elk; Birds; Birds; Elk in Wind Cave

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