From The BBC:The giant deer, also known as the giant Irish deer or Irish elk, is one of the largest deer species that ever lived.
Yet why this giant animal, which had massive antlers spanning 3.6m, suddenly went extinct some 10,600 years ago has remained a mystery.
Now a study of its teeth is producing tantalising answers, suggesting the deer couldn't cope with climate change.
As conditions became colder and drier in Ireland at the time, fewer plants grew, gradually starving the deer.
The discovery is published in the journal Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology.
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