Bull Elk - Photo from Wikimedia<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nSo how does the Wapiti spend their time on the mountains of the Canadian Rockies?\u00a0 Well during the early summer the Elk will begin to wander up to the top of the mountains.\u00a0 It is at these grazing grounds that the female elk (called a cow) will give birth to her beautiful but awkward looking calf.\u00a0 Like other mountain animals (see Mountain Goat) the young calf is able to stand within 20 minutes of birth.\u00a0 The Elk will hang around in the upper portions of the mountains through to the late summer breeding season before migrating to the lower valleys in the winter.\u00a0 During this migration down the mountain the Wapiti will gather into large herds and make the trek as a group.\u00a0 The funny part about this large herd is the fact that the bulls and cows will usually remain separate from one another. This reminds me of my Grade 4 sock hop dance with the girls on one side of the gym and boys on the other.<\/p>\n
Elk Fast Fact – <\/strong>At one time Elk were found right across North America, however, humans manage to hunt them down and eventually force them into hiding.\u00a0 Now they can usually be found in the mountainous regions of northwestern North America.\u00a0 Elk reintroduction has begun into wooded areas in the States and in Canada.<\/p>\nThat does it for this week of Wild Facts.\u00a0 Again, I would like to thank Agapelife for the great theme idea.\u00a0 It was a blast writing up facts about the animals of the Canadian Rockies.\u00a0 Enjoy the weekend everyone!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I am a little sad that it is the last day for Animals of the Canadian Rockies.\u00a0 As usual, I had a ton of fun writing about these mountain animals.\u00a0 We will end the theme with the Elk.\u00a0 I know it doesn’t quite compare to Bigfoot but I think we can still make today’s Wild Fact pretty interesting.\u00a0 Although Elk are found throughout the Rocky Mountains and are native to North America (as well as eastern Asia) they have also been introduced to other countries including New Zealand, Australia and Argentina.\u00a0 We all know what happens when you introduce a <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3274,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1264,60,4024],"tags":[348,1284,1288,1285,1282,1287,1286,4025,1283],"yoast_head":"\n
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