For anyone curious deer have a velvety layer on their antlers that allows the antlers to grow. This layer eventually falls/is rubbed off of the antlers leaving the bone exposed. That's what's happening here.
this post was submitted on 14 Dec 2023
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Not only deer, but all antlery animals (moose, reindeer, elk, etc). It's completely normal and pain free, but it looks like something out of a horror movie.
For some reason, this does not happen to animals with horns, such as cows.
Unlike horns, which like finger nails grow from the base, antlers are basically bones.
Bone that falls off after the mating season and regrows the next spring
It always weirds me out that antlers just fall off. Like, bone isn't supposed to do that for us. What if we randomly shed bones every year?
we do shed teeth tho, it's not that different.
Hey I have one of those too!
Also, they love to eat it. Protein is protein.
normal and pain free
Well, it is quite bloody, which suggests that the tissue is very much alive. Do they have no pain receptors there or did the brain “learn” to ignore them?
Pudüs too or do they have horns?
It's completely normal and pain free
I like to think it's a bit painful, but in the good way like wiggling a loose tooth. By the way they rub their antlers on stuff, it might itch a little too.
They used to because Santa recruited them for his sleigh. He didn't recruit this reindeer because of his funny name.
He didn't recruit this deer, cause it's not a reindeer. Reindeer have neat furry looking antlers, and are mostly white. That's your standard asshole North America whitetail deer. The really are assholes. Drive slow so they don't hit you when you're in deer country.
What's his name?
Adolf Hitler
That's not a funny name.
Now they call him Buck Norris.