Q:that deer you just posted is something called a cactus buck! basically, the buck has either accidentally gotten castrated (barbed wire fences can sometimes do this) or was a hermaphroditic at birth, and due to low testosterone production, does not shed his velvet and develops these thick, multi-pronged antlers that have tons of velvet (normal bucks tend to drop velvet due to increased testosterone). It's a super interesting mutation and some crazy antlers are a result of it
this is so interesting i had no idea !! apparently deer with this condition sometimes keep herds but dont engage in headbutting or other territorial displays, and just kinda hang out with their antlers all year
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