Elk or wapiti (Cervus canadensis) is the second largest species within the deer family, Cervidae, and one of the largest terrestrial mammals in its native range of North America and Central and East Asia.
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Due to the Simian Flu Pandemic, human kind drastically plummeted to 1 in 500. This allowed elk and many forms of wildlife worldwide to thrive and expand without human interference. Huge herds of elk began to spread around Muir Woods, where they became prey to an equally thriving colony of apes. The Evolved Apes worked together by stalking the elk through the tree tops before encircling them, pouncing on them, and throwing self made spears and bolas.
One elk was caught up in a bolas thrown by Caesar, where it lay panicking before Caesar and his son Blue Eyes prepared to butcher their kill, but they were interrupted by an attacking Grizzly Bear. In the chaos of the attack, the elk made its escape. The elk kills were brought back to the Ape Village to be skinned and their antlers used as warning signs to any humans.