Nature and Gardening

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Deer are deeply unappreciated. (self.greenspace)

submitted 1 year ago by Lowbird to c/greenspace

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They're so beautiful but people don't look at them really when they're used to them, I guess. But just watch the way deer move. They're incredible.

Also fawns are cute.

I will make this random opinion post 'educational' by adding that deer are ungulates, and that only female reindeer keep their antlers in the winter. This last point may depend on the species of reindeer though, I'm not sure.

On a not really related note, how tf do bighorn sheep and/or goats balance so confidently when they climb cliffsides. I will have to google this later.

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[–] MetalAirship@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I would appreciate them more if they would just leave me alone and stop actively trying to destroy my stuff. Can't have any sort of garden without a fence, and they especially love to eat my tomato plants to the point where they are just a stick with no leaves left at all. They eat or destroy my young trees before they have a chance to get big. I almost totalled my first car when one jumped out in front of me, and when my brother and I rented a truck to do some towing a deer ran full speed INTO the side of the truck and did about $5k worth of damage. Also they spread ticks.

I do appreciate the taste of venison though....