Short description

A TV tie-in book to accompany Channel 4's "Extinct" series on extinct species, this title for young readers follows the life cycle of the Irish elk, who was actually a deer and not Irish. Weighing as much as ten men and with antlers spanning 12 feet, was the Irish elk a victim of its own success?

Long description

A tie-in book for children to accompany Extinct, a dramatic new series from Wall to Wall, the producers of 1940s House. Fact: 99.9 percent of all species that have ever existed on earth are now extinct. In Extinct, six of them are brought stunningly back to life using the very latest 3D computer graphics technology combined with years of scientific knowledge. With programmes devoted to the dodo, sabre-toothed tiger, great auk, Tasmanian tiger, Irish elk, and woolly mammoth, viewers can watch the story of these amazing animals from birth. In Extinct: The Irish Elk, young readers can follow the life-cycle of the Irish elk, a giant prehistoric creature that was neither Irish nor an elk, but a deer. Weighing as much as ten men with antlers spanning twelve feet, was the Irish elk a victim of its own success? Growing ever-bigger antlers sapped vital minerals and left the elk with brittle bones. As food became scarce during the Ice Age, the elk, hungry and weakened, faced a battle to survive...