Supplementary material from "Head to head: the case for fighting behaviour in Megaloceros giganteus using finite-element analysis"
Posted on 2019-09-30 - 05:10
The largest antlers of any known deer species belonged to the extinct giant deer Megaloceros giganteus. It has been argued that their antlers were too large for use in fighting, instead being used only in ritualized displays to attract mates. Here, we used finite-element analysis to test whether the antlers of M. giganteus could have withstood forces generated during fighting. We compared the mechanical performance of antlers in M. giganteus with three extant deer species: red deer (Cervus elaphus), fallow deer (Dama dama) and moose (Alces alces). Von Mises stress results suggest that M. giganteus was capable of withstanding some fighting loads, provided that their antlers interlocked proximally, and that its antlers were best adapted for withstanding loads from twisting rather than pushing actions, as are other deer with palmate antlers. We conclude that fighting in M. giganteus was likely more constrained and predictable than in extant deer.
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Klinkhamer, Ada J.; Woodley, Nicholas; Neenan, James M.; Parr, William C. H.; Clausen, Philip; Sánchez-Villagra, Marcelo R.; et al. (2019). Supplementary material from "Head to head: the case for fighting behaviour in Megaloceros giganteus using finite-element analysis". The Royal Society. Collection. https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.c.4682321.v1