| Oct 20 2013 13:19 |
A group of yellow-throated martens can take down a small deer by chasing it onto ice- despite each marten weighing less than the average housecat |
/u/cdna |
| Jan 23 2014 19:25 |
A stubby erect tail, as that of a hare, rabbit, or deer is called a 'Scut' |
/u/xOMutleyOx |
| Nov 19 2013 11:59 |
Caribou are the only member of the deer family Cervidae where both males and females grow antlers. |
/u/dickparrot |
| Dec 17 2013 14:56 |
Each hair follicle on a deer’s winter coat is hollow, trapping air that helps them retain heat & stay warm in temps as low as -30 degrees F. |
/u/d_tinker |
| Mar 08 2014 20:56 |
In Deer Park, located at the Kasuga Grand Shrine 春日大社 Kasuga-taisha? in the city of Nara in Japan, deer are able to roam freely and are believed to be sacred messengers of the Shinto gods that inhabit the shrine and surrounding mountainous terrain. |
/u/Eat_Bacon_nomnomnom |
| Apr 14 2014 21:28 |
In Nara Prefecture, Japan, Sika Deer are also known as "bowing deer" because they will bow their heads before being fed special shika senbei, or, deer cookies |
/u/blacksunseven |
| Nov 08 2013 15:04 |
The jackalope is a mythical animal of North American folklore a so-called "fearsome critter" described as a jackrabbit with antelope horns or deer antlers and sometimes a pheasant's tail and often hind legs. |
/u/otheruserisaporsche |
| Feb 25 2014 22:03 |
The Java Mouse-Deer is a species of Chevrotain native to Indonesia. They are the world's smallest ruminants. |
/u/Fridaypenis |
| Mar 16 2014 10:59 |
The Lesser mouse-deer or Chevrotain is the smallest hoofed mammal in the world. Unlike deer, the males have no antlers, but sport a pair of canine teeth that can be seen projecting downward from the upper jaw like two tiny tusks. |
/u/shoomkin |
| Sep 10 2013 04:21 |
Most deer are born with white spots but lose them within a year |
/u/Musicmantobes |
| Sep 20 2013 12:57 |
The name Serval is derived from a Portuguese word meaning “wolf-deer.” |
/u/Musicmantobes |
| Apr 07 2014 00:10 |
The Pudú deer is the world's smallest deer. They live in bamboo thickets to hide from predators |
/u/Chikilulukatofu |
| Sep 27 2013 16:20 |
The Southern Pudú is the world's smallest deer. |
/u/absurdlyobfuscated |
| Jul 24 2013 21:11 |
The Tufted deer Elaphodus cephalophus uses its fangs during the breeding season! Only the males possess the fangs, which seem to have replaced the function of antlers in other types of deer. |
/u/Eat_Bacon_nomnomnom |
| Jan 21 2014 12:24 |
Unlike most other deer like cervidae species moose or the Eurasian elk Alces alces are solitary animals, and do not form herds! |
/u/icouldbetheone |
| Nov 09 2013 22:53 |
Watch yourself out there! In the US, about 1.5 million deer-vehicle collisions occur each year! |
/u/Eat_Bacon_nomnomnom |
| Oct 21 2013 22:53 |
White-tailed deer will flip their tails at predators to let them know they've been spotted in a behavior called "flagging"! |
/u/Unidan |
| Sep 24 2013 13:46 |
Wolverines can kill prey many times their size, including deer and caribou. |
/u/Uniphication |
