The European Fallow Deer (Dama dama). No your not going color blind, these beauties were created to blend in perfectly to the snowy semi wooded grasslands. Bone evidence found in caves shows that the Palaeolithic cultures 300,000 years ago hunted and used the entire fallow deer for survival. Being an important meat source for humans for hundreds of thousands of years, fallow deer were hunted to near extinction in most of Europe by the late 1800's. The last remaining natural herds of fallow were

The fallow deer are dropping their antlers, so it's time to start the process all over again. 🦌 If you didn't know, deer will grow antlers seasonally starting from just a nub here in the springtime, and by the time fall arrives, they will have grown a new set of antlers to compete for the ladies. It is said that antlers are the fastest-growing tissue of any mammal. #deer #wildlife #fossilrim #antlers | Fossil Rim Wildlife Center