Deer Killed in Auto Accident; Tiny Fawn Delivered by Caesarean Section

[MountainDon]

The mother doe was badly injured in a car/deer accident. The unborn fawn was delivered by Caesarean. This appears to have been in the UK.



Full Story:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1065209/Meet-deer-little-handful-called-Rupert-delivered-Caesarean-section-mother-killed-car.html

Thanks to John (Redoverfarm)   

[MountainDon]

I found another cool story on pregnant deer/car accidents. Here's a video link

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wNY6EqBTTa0

It's a total nine minutes long but quite interesting. Involves mouth to snout breathing. 

[Homegrown Tomatoes]

Awwwww....

[desdawg]

I have never seen a deer that would fit in the palm of your hand.

[benevolance]

looks like a chi wa wa (spelling?) to me...

[MountainDon]

It's a Muntjac Deer.

The Reeves Muntjac, sometimes known as the Barking Deer because of the noise it makes, were introduced to the British Isles from South East Asia during the nineteenth century. They have since become one of the most widespread deer in the UK.

Height:    15 - 18" (40 - 45 cm) shoulder height
Habitat:    Anywhere with an abundance of cover
Colour:    Red/brown in summer, brown/grey in winter

http://www.english-country-garden.com/animals/muntjac-deer.htm
http://www.wildlifetrust.org.uk/urbanwt/education/wildlifeeducationwebsite/deer.htm

Some interesting info that came along with my search for the above...  Plants that deer won't eat...
http://www.english-country-garden.com/articles/plants-that-deer-dont-eat.htm

[benevolance]

looking at more pictures it looks like a cross between a real deer and a smaller goat... the shape of the head the type of coat... looks like a goat to me?

[glenn kangiser]

Some recipes would be nice....but then I suppose we would have to import the little rodent.

[benevolance]

Glenn we have enough deer here in America already...

[glenn kangiser]

I was reading a bit about them -- they devastate the countryside eating nearly everything that grows in a lot of places.  That would be all we need.

Cute ....but then so am I and we don't need a million of me running around....

[benevolance]

hehe

not going to touch that last comment glenn

[MountainDon]

Importing any sort of living thing to a place where it has not existed is more often than not a bad idea. It happens accidentally, but doing it on purpose is worse.  

The purposeful inportation of rabbits to Australia come to mind; the accidental importation of tumbleweed seeds to the USA, the accidental movement of the pinewood nematode from the USA to Europe....

[glenn kangiser]

That was one heckova rabbit fence they had to build in Australia..

[MountainDon]

so called Rabbit Proof Fence...

There's a good movie by that name.

[MountainDon]

Hmmm. I guess some would say the importation of English prisoners to Australia falls in the category of unfortunate imports.      Spanish and/or White folk to North American....   


not I

[glenn kangiser]

I think we saw the movie.

[desdawg]

Now they want to try to build a people proof fence along the Mexican Border. I don't think it will work.

[glenn kangiser]

People dig tunnels... and think of other devious ways to get across...

[benevolance]

parachute from the sky