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Animals with antlers comprise the deer family, Cervidae. Learn all about the different members of that family here.
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When Deer Were Giant (And Weird)
Prehistoric deer grew to some enormous sizes and had some incredible antlers. Here are some more of these giant and weird ...
An exceptional item will be sold at the Maison Jules auction house in Ghent on Sunday: the antlers of a prehistoric giant ...
These antlers were as heavy as a grown man ... and the impact of human activity shaped the destiny of this giant deer, just as they shape the fate of animals today. Its extinction invites us ...
The giant deer required abundant ... “The males would have really struggled, having to grow those antlers every year,” says Lister. But the cold spell’s impact on females may have been ...
And in a twist from the deer woods, a dedicated turkey hunter braved lousy weather to bag an extremely rare snow-white ...
“Good rains in April make for heavy antlers,” some say. Others claim that cool, dry conditions that delay tick infestations allow more of a deer’s nutrients to go to antlers instead of fighting ...
A new species of fallow deer, Dama roberti, described by Adrian Lister and Marzia Breda in 2013. Left: fossil skull and antlers from Pakefield, Suffolk. Right: reconstruction by David Waterhouse.