Facts about Deer

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   The eyes of white-tailed deer are positioned on the sides of their head, providing a 310-degree field of vision to detect approaching threats from nearly all directions except directly behind.

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   Approximately 25 to 40 million white-tailed deer currently inhabit North America, a dramatic recovery from fewer than 300,000 in the early 1900s.

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   Fawns are born nearly odorless to avoid detection by predators, with scent glands not fully developing until they are several weeks old.

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   Antlers on male deer are regrown annually, with some species like elk adding up to 40 pounds of bone growth in just four months.

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   During winter, white-tailed deer reduce their metabolic rate by approximately 40 percent to conserve energy when food becomes scarce.

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   Mule deer can rotate their ears independently up to 180 degrees to detect predators and sounds from multiple directions simultaneously.

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   A white-tailed deer can jump up to 10 feet high and 30 feet long in a single bound when evading predators.

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