what you wanted to see is an elk (the american kind) and what you saw was a moose...any kind...sorry about the dissapointment

the second picture IS an elk... if you are speaking uk english or german or swedish...

I have just been corrupted by the american elks (which the uk people call moose, and the germans call hirsch) which are slightly more attractive.

if anything it was a learning experience - both into the finer points of zoological classification and the potential ugliness of forest creatures, which are always depicted as cute and friendly, not motheaten and spaced out.

It looks like it has a disease on its neck...

the elk on the Lower picture is female...! ;) So that you see a maaaasive male elk/moose whatever (both correct to me) here is an example

the lower picture on the post looks like an orthodox moose / elk whatever.. all that's missing's the hat & glasses!!

read the first comment, trust me it's true... especially after chasing wildtiere for six month in the c-land.

the engl. you refer to there is u.s. english, and the point i'm making is that u.s. and u.k. english is tooootally different.

What is a älj in swedish and an elch in german in also an elk in uk english, but a moose in u.s. english.

let's learn sign language

this is too easy.. let's pretend we all JUST speak english:

this is an elk:

and this is a moose, male (älg):

don't understand, i am slowly getting confused I don't see a elk or moose just a sign... :)