In ancient times, there was a legend that the beast with "four unlike" was the Elk

Elk (scientific name: Elaphurus davidianus), also known as "four unlike", is a rare animal in the world and belongs to the family Cervidae. Because it has a head and face like a horse, horns like a deer, a neck like a camel and a tail like a donkey, it is named four unlike. The body length is 17-217 cm and the tail length is 6-75 cm. The shoulder height of male is 122-137 cm, and that of female is 7-75 cm, slightly smaller than that of male.

The average elk weighs 12-18kg, and the adult male elk can weigh up to 25kg, and the newborn is about 12kg. The angle is long, and it falls off once a year in December.

the female elk has no horns and is smaller. The male horn is forked like a deer, the neck looks like a camel, and the tail end has black hair. The elk horn has a special shape and no eyebrows. The head is big, the snout is long and narrow, the exposed part of the nose is wide, the eyes are small, and the suborbital gland is remarkable. The limbs are stout, the main hoof is wide and fleshy, and there are well-developed hanging hooves, with a loud knock when walking.

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Living habits

Elk is a docile kind of deer. According to years of artificial breeding and observation, the running speed of elk is not as fast as that of sika deer and roe deer, and the male deer in estrus does not attack people like sika deer, red deer and white-lipped deer, and accounts for a group of male deer who run away when they see people approaching.

During the lactation period, when people call their ears and measure their cubs, their cries can only attract the doe to watch from a distance, unlike other deer, who attack people to protect their cubs. The fighting between male elk for spouses is also relatively mild, without fierce collision and large-scale movement.

Generally, the fighting time does not exceed 1 minutes. The losers just turn around and walk away, and the winners stop chasing each other, so there is little disability between deer. After the male deer occupied the herd, when other male deer peeped at the doe, the male deer occupied the herd only drove each other away by yelling and chasing. These characteristics determine their poor ability to escape enemy harm, and they are easy to be killed by natural enemies and humans.

Elk is gregarious and good at swimming. It mainly feeds on grasses, liverworts and other tender grasses and leaves. The variety of feed for artificial feeding consists of three parts: "flour and rice" includes wheat bran, barley, corn and bean cake.

The high degree of fibrosis of soybean straw is that "grain" grinds "flour and rice" and "coarse grains" respectively, and then they are mixed with water in a certain proportion, stirred and fermented. At the same time, fresh and delicious carrots, wheat greens and other "fruits and vegetables" are used to supplement vitamins.

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