Hi, Mr. Nature here again–with one of my favorite artists, Charles R. Knight.
This is his famous painting of Megaloceros, the “Irish Elk,” the deer with the biggest antlers ever. Best known from the Ice Age, there have always been stories of this creature surviving into historical times in Ireland. No one’s been able to prove it, or disprove it.
Ice Age people saw it, though. They hunted it, ate it, and painted its picture on the walls of caves.
This is just one of incalculably many creatures that we can’t find anymore. My own belief is that God, with the whole universe at His disposal, has put them elsewhere. Maybe someday God will let us see these animals again.
I sometimes wonder if He might have given Charles R. Knight a peek at them.
That is one impressive critter.
Yes, it is!
After the day of judgment when hell is thrown into the lake of fire, and heaven comes down to earth, the new earth will have the dinosaurs and big elk all restored for our pleasure (because they will be vegetarians, right? 🙂 ).