Head to Head: the case for combative behaviour in Megaloceros giganteus

• Main Authors: Klinkhamer, Ada J, School of Environmental and Rural Science, Woodley, Nicholas, Neenan, James M, Parr, William C H, Clausen, Philip, Sanchez-Villagra, Marcelo R, Lister, Adrian, Wroe, Stephen, orcid:0000-0002-6365-5915
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: University of New England 2019
• Subjects: Earth Sciences; Giganteus; Alces alces
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/27548

The largest antlers of any known deer species belonged to the extinct giant Megaloceros giganteus. It has been argued that their antlers were too large for use in fighting, instead being used only in ritualised displays to attract mates. Here we used finite element analysis (FEA) to test whether the...