58 HOOFED ANIMALS 
or two passes between the fall of the first antler and the loss 
of the second. The root, or pedicle, exposed is a rough disk 
of bone belonging to 
the frontal bone of 
the skull. No blood 
flows. Dropped ant- 
lers are sometimes 
gnawed by rodents 
until destroyed; but 
many are picked up 
by those who look 
for them. At the end 
of the first week the 
bony disk or seat of 
the antler is covered 
“DO ELK SHED THEIR 
ANTLERS?” 
An answer from the New York 
Zoological Park. 
1. March 21. 2. April 8. 
over by the dark- 
brown skin of the 
head. At the end of 
two weeks, a rounded 
bunch, like a big 
brown tomato, has 
risen on the pedicle of 
each antler. It is soft, 
full of blood and 
easily injured. 
Gradually this elongates into the form of a thick, blunt- 
ended club, in color brown or pink, shiny and thinly covered 
