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Losing Weight
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Losing Weight

by Chris Enges

Category: FaunaAdded March 19, 2008503 views

Land Mammals

Keywords: Sequim, Sequim Elk Herd, Dungeness Valley, Happy Valley, Elk, Shedding Horns, Velvet Horns, Olympic Peninsula, Washington State

Large bull elk turns to see who's behind him. The Sequim elk herd roams the valleys above Sequim, Washington. The elk have come to Happy Valley to shed their massive racks. The elk to right of the bull is actually a bull himself. He has already dropped his horns and is now in the process of growing new, and larger horns in the months to come.
Image Reference: Losing Weight NP1Image Format: Digital Capture - Greater than 9MPImage Crop: Greater than 75% of originalDigital Enhancement: Digital RetouchModel Release: NoProperty Release: NoCaptive: No