DEER
Mammal - Vertebrate - Herbivore
Mammal - Vertebrate - Herbivore
MALE CARIBOU DEER (REINDEER)
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Male: Buck, Bull, Hart, Stag
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Female: Cow, Doe, Hind. Roe
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Young: Fawn
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DEER
There are 45 species of deer.
- Eat grass, leaves, berries, acorns, mushrooms, wild fruit, sapling, shoots and crops.
- Male deer grow new antlers each year.
- Reindeer's nose warms the air it breathes before it gets to its lungs.
- Can swim extremely well and jump high.
- Eat moss as it contains a chemical that stops their body from freezing.
- Fawns are born with fur covered in white spots. These spots help them to blend in while they lie silently in nests on the forest floor.
- Fawns are born without any scent. This means that predators cannot smell them.
- Caribou (Reindeer) are the only species in which the female has antlers.
- Antlers are different for every deer.
- Raise their tails as a warning sign to others.
- Can live for about 10 years in the wild.
- Fighting male deer can lock antlers and starve to death.
- Reindeer like the taste of bananas.
- Reindeer's hair is hollow inside, like a tube.
- Reindeer have golden eyes in the summer and blue eyes in the winter - this change helps them to see at lower light levels.
- Whitetail deer can spring at speeds of up to 30 miles per hour.
- Hartebeests evade their predators by running in zigzag patterns.