fun fact!: elk are animals that have manes sorta like lions! although not very show-offy like them,(and the females also have them) they grow more puffy in the winter to keep warm sorta like turtlenecks XD
Weighing in at up to 700 pounds, the elk stands as one of the biggest deer species on earth. But don't think that just because an elk is large that it's slow. A mature bull can run as fast as 40 miles per hour – they've even been able to outrun horses in short races.