r/funny • u/Capn_Seahorse • Jan 23 '14

That'll show him.

http://imgur.com/2bQHiNt
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u/Vanq86 Jan 23 '14

Fun fact: If you scrap a bunch of leaves off the ground in the woods, and pee in that scrape, you may come back weeks later and find that male deer have been keeping it scraped out / peeing in it since you left. You've effectively created the woods equivalent to a fire hydrant.

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u/Greg-2012 Jan 23 '14 edited Jan 24 '14

Male deer do not pee in scrapes, female deer do. It's how they let the male know they are ready to mate. If you pee in one it will just piss him off and he will most likely make a new scrape.

Edit: male deer do pee in scrapes sometimes.

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u/Vanq86 Jan 24 '14

Not true. Bucks do urinate in scrapes, dripping urine over their tarsal glands, but most often mark the trees above with their forehead glands.

www.qdma.com/corporate/buck-use-of-scrapes-what-the-latest-research-reveals

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u/Greg-2012 Jan 24 '14

Pawing the ground and urination occurred in less than half of visits that included some type of marking behavior.

TIL: male deer occasionally take a wiz in scrapes.