Board Thread:Suggestions forum/@comment-33185350-20171123170105/@comment-25376906-20171124165338

I always assumed the animal named "Elk" is in fact a moose. That is because of their stature and maybe because Thranduil's steed in the Hobbit movie has moose like antlers (although it is probably based on the Megaloceros, and I am aware the movies are non-canon, I just thought it could have be an inspiration for this mob).

Besides I would like to explain the linguistic confusion between Europeans and Americans in this regard: a moose is called elk in British English (Elch in German, älg in Swedish), whereas the North American elk is also called wapiti and more closely resembles a european red deer.

Finally, I like your suggestion, especially that these mobs should be harder to kill. Still you have to keep in mind that unlike in the game you likewise could not walk up to cow or even a pig to harvest a porkchop for dinner in real life and thus some features musn't be too realistic as to hinder gameplay.