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European Red Deer |
It is a large deer, standing fully four feet at the shoulder, and its antlers are peculiar and have a large number of tines, or points. One set of antlersers was found to have sixty-six points – but this, of course, was considerably more than the normal number.
The red deer actually is red in color – at least, in summer, it is a bright reddish brown. The fur becomes longer in winter and is more of a brownish gray color.
Young male animals are called harts, and females are known as hinds.
Fully grown male red deer are known as stags and these are the lords of the herd until they are vanquished in autumn fights by some younger and sturdier male. Stags generally dropp their antlers in February or March, but young animals keep theirs until later in the spring. New ones start to grow immediately.
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