red deerCervus elaphusAustraliaVictoriaThe case of a 6-year-old, 114 kg red deer (Cervus elaphus) hind which was observed to give birth to triplets on a red deer stud in Victoria, Australia, is reported. The calves were all female, 1 was stillborn (5 kg), and the other 2 (5 and ...
(150 lb) for a red deer hind. The farm can achieve a decent pregnancy rate with AI on heifers, if the farm is successful in getting the yearling pregnant with natural cover. Usually, the yearlings enter an AI program a few weeks after the mature females, giving them a chance to have...
Our first sighting of a newborn elk calf following Mum to safety this year. Like deer, newborn Elk Calves are spotted and have no scent. Elk calves will lie motionless in the grass for safety, and are very difficult to see when doing so often even in open areas. Elk calves usually lo...
(Pekins et al., 1998). The total energy cost of a 200 day gestation was equivalent to a 16.4% increase in FMR, or about 1.2× the energy requirements of nonpregnant deer.Speakman (2008)compiled available data on energy intake for 39 small wild mammal species (mostly rodents), and ...
If I’m still downstairs when she has decided that it’s bedtime, she’ll stand at the foot of the stairs, nodding her head toward the stairs, mutely giving me “the look.” Upon reaching our bed, she’ll stand there patiently, waiting for me to make the bed, something I never do...
While someone who doesn’t know anything about animals might confuse them, reindeer and deer are two different animals. Though they… From Ice Age to Modern Day: How Reindeer Thrive in Extreme Cold Reindeer, native to colder countries like Canada and Norway, are known for their migrations ...
. . he told me that seeing his photos is like a journal to him—all his senses light up, he can feel the ground as he lay in he grass taking that sunset phto, what the air was like on his face when that deer stopped in front of him, how the sun felt on his skin when ...
Over the years, in terms true depictions of the horrors of war, there have certainly been some serious contenders: The Deer Hunter (1978), Apocalypse Now (1979), Platoon (1986), Full Metal Jacket (1987), Saving Private Ryan (1998), The Thin Red Line (1998), Downfall (Der Untergang) ...
Bill Backman, to look at the bull calf. From Wisconsin, Backman made the long trip via Illinois and Michigan to the state of New York. Walton explains: ‘Heffering was surprised to see Backman, but showed him the young bull calf, which looked like a young deer because he was totally r...
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