Bull Elk from the Cataloochee Valley in the Great Smoky Mountain National Park showing off the infamous "Lip Curl" posture
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Oct 02, 2011 16:00 | #1 Bull Elk from the Cataloochee Valley in the Great Smoky Mountain National Park showing off the infamous "Lip Curl" posture
Bob
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Oct 03, 2011 11:48 | #2 Wow Another Great shot Bob! Were they bugling too while you were there?
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Oct 03, 2011 19:35 | #3 Thanks for the compliment huntn .... Yes they were bugling and working to keep their gals in line! Bob
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Very nice. I grew up in that area and I miss being able to head up there on the weekends. GEAR: 5D Mark III, 7D, 24-105L, 16-35 F/4L, 50 f/1.4, 100-400L II, 100 f/2.8 macro, Zeiss 21mm f/2.8, 1.4X III, Sigma 14mm F/1.8 Art
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JoeRavenstein Goldmember 2,338 posts Likes: 1 Joined Mar 2010 Location: E Tx More info | Oct 04, 2011 08:39 | #5 Great shot of a new resident to the GSMNP!! They "imported" the elk about 6 years ago, it appears they they are settling in. I stll lived in east Tenn when they were introduced Canon 60D,18-55mm,55-250mm,50mm compact macro, AF ext tubes. Sigma 8-16mm uwa, 18-250mm, 85mm F1.4, 150-500mm
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rcarpenter3d Mostly Lurking 14 posts Joined Oct 2011 More info | Oct 04, 2011 09:28 | #6 Wonderful shot. It the lip curl a defensive posture? Pixel Perfect Photography L.L.C.
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huntersdad Goldmember 4,870 posts Likes: 652 Joined Nov 2008 More info | Oct 04, 2011 12:00 | #7 PM sent to you Bob for a little info or guess work. Facebook
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drevilsmom Goldmember  1,100 posts Likes: 1 Joined Apr 2008 Location: Miami, FL More info | Oct 04, 2011 19:26 | #8 rcarpenter3d wrote in post #13203276  Wonderful shot. It the lip curl a defensive posture? No, the lip curl is actually called flehmen, and is used to bring molecules into the vomeronasal organ in the roof of the mouth. It allows for detection of all sorts of scents, and is particularly used to determine if a female is in estrus. So basically the bull was trying to determine if a nearby female would be interested in his advances. Elizabeth
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MaureenSouza Ms. MODERATOR Something Spectacular!  More info | Oct 04, 2011 19:51 | #9 Ahhh, I love Rut season. Beautiful capture. Life is hard...but I just take it one photograph at a time.
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Oct 04, 2011 20:21 | #10 Thanks for the comments everyone .... And Mom, thanks for explaining the lip curl much better than I could have. Bob
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TomReichner "That's what I do."  17,636 posts Gallery: 213 photos Best ofs: 2 Likes: 8386 Joined Dec 2008 Location: from Pennsylvania, USA, now in Washington state, USA, road trip back and forth a lot More info | Oct 06, 2011 00:05 | #11 Really nice lip curl image, Bob. Love seeing those teeth! "Your" and "you're" are different words with completely different meanings - please use the correct one.
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adams_aj Member  122 posts Likes: 6 Joined Jan 2011 Location: NC. U.S.A. More info | Oct 06, 2011 12:56 | #12 Hey, I'm going to be staying in Bryson City, NC around Thanksgiving. What advice can you lend me about where to go and what to shoot? Thanks in advance! In theory there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice there is--Yogi Berra
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