Uh, guys? Which of you is training a deer for real-life PVP??

[Basara]

Scientists Spot Grisly First Among Deer

 

[Lore]

 

[Fridgster]

About a year ago there was a video of a deer attacking and eating a small bird. Perhaps Bambi is getting ready to exact his revenge upon the world.... course now I need to go tame a hind.

 

[MalagAste]

I was going to guess it had something to do with salt and other minerals.

but eating birds? Perhaps the bird was being a pain.

You know the more we watch wildlife I think the more we will find they will surprise us.

 

[Fridgster]

I was going to guess it had something to do with salt and other minerals.

but eating birds? Perhaps the bird was being a pain.

You know the more we watch wildlife I think the more we will find they will surprise us.

It was a baby bird and the mother kept attacking the deer trying to stop it. Craziest thing I've seen in a very long time. Maybe they are learning to become omnivores to better adapt to their environments.

 

[Dot_Warner]

So another sign of the impending apocalypse...

 

[Spellbound]

Don't forget the insect repellant this year...deer ticks can transmit a very nasty POW virus.

Powassan Virus | Powassan | CDC

 

[Cymidei]

Let's do it ImaNewbie style! Deer, nah killer pvp chicken ftw!

Or Episode #26 Never Trust A Used Dragon Salesman
Tryon's ImaNewbie Does Britannia

 

[sablestorm]

This thread reminded me of something else. Can we get pack instinct on some snakes?

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[Uvtha]

This thread reminded me of something else. Can we get pack instinct on some snakes?

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Can we just get tamable giant snakes? I don't get why they aren't tamable. Silver serps too!

 

[BeaIank]

If Bambi decides to go rogue, we have ways to deal with him.

 

[Basara]

It was a baby bird and the mother kept attacking the deer trying to stop it. Craziest thing I've seen in a very long time. Maybe they are learning to become omnivores to better adapt to their environments.

Male Deer will eat birds to get additional calcium from the bones for their antlers; females will do it when pregnant. But, those are typically in calcium-poor zones (mostly in Europe, and deer on islands where the nutrient supply is low - deer in the Florida Keys were known to eat fish and birds). They will also eat the felt off their antlers when the felt comes off, and in some cases shed antlers.

Munching on large cadavers is relatively unheard of for deer.Though, this could explain legends like the Wendigo and Peryton.

HORSES, on the other hand, have been known to kill small animals up to the size of rabbits, chickens and game fowl and eat them, as well as eating carrion. They even get to where they prefer such things (one horse last century was famous for liking hamburgers). If actually trained to eat meat, this would explain the meat-eating horses from Greek legend.