{"id":173994,"date":"2025-09-27T22:36:08","date_gmt":"2025-09-27T22:36:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/173994\/"},"modified":"2025-09-27T22:36:08","modified_gmt":"2025-09-27T22:36:08","slug":"watch-amazing-jaw-dropping-footage-of-fearless-elk-chasing-grey-wolf-in-yellowstone-national-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/173994\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch amazing, jaw dropping footage of fearless elk chasing grey wolf in Yellowstone National Park"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Elk \u2013 or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.discoverwildlife.com\/animal-facts\/mammals\/moose-elk-difference\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">moose<\/a> as they&#8217;re known in North America, are the largest <a href=\"https:\/\/www.discoverwildlife.com\/animal-facts\/mammals\/how-to-identify-deer-antlers\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">deer<\/a> species in the world and truly awe-inspiring. A bull can reach 2\u202fmetres at the shoulder and weigh up to 700\u202fkg, while their enormous, palmate antlers make them instantly recognisable.<\/p>\n<p>Elk are also native to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.discoverwildlife.com\/animal-facts\/elk-return-uk\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">British Isles<\/a>, but they disappeared around 3,000 years ago, likely due to hunting and habitat loss. Across Europe, they still thrive in much of Scandinavia and Russia, and are gradually recolonising areas as far west as the Poland\u2013Germany border.<\/p>\n<p>A powerful elk stag (Cervus canadensis) charges a grey wolf (Canis lupus) in Yellowstone National Park, USA, showcasing the raw intensity of predator-prey interactions in the wild. Credit: Getty Video<\/p>\n<p>More amazing wildlife stories from around the world<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Elk \u2013 or moose as they&#8217;re known in North America, are the largest deer species in the world&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":173995,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[49,48,66,323],"class_list":{"0":"post-173994","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-wildlife","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-science","11":"tag-wildlife"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/173994","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=173994"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/173994\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/173995"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=173994"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=173994"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=173994"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}