Admiral Patrick@dubvee.org to aww@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-27 days agoMomma deer stashed this little guy by my gate.tesseract.dubvee.orgimagemessage-square16fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
arrow-up10arrow-down1imageMomma deer stashed this little guy by my gate.tesseract.dubvee.orgAdmiral Patrick@dubvee.org to aww@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-27 days agomessage-square16fedilink
minus-squareAwkwardLookMonkeyPuppet@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·6 days agoI was thinking that the deer must be terrified. Wolves are natural predators for deer in the wild.
minus-squarePelicanen@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·6 days agoI’m not sure that fawn feel much fear since they’re supposed to lie in one spot and wait for their mother, a quick search turned up “Very young fawns do not appear to have any natural fear of predators, and may even walk up to humans” although I haven’t been able to conclusively verify the claim.
minus-squareAwkwardLookMonkeyPuppet@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·6 days agoWell that’s a rare mercy from mother nature then.
I was thinking that the deer must be terrified. Wolves are natural predators for deer in the wild.
I’m not sure that fawn feel much fear since they’re supposed to lie in one spot and wait for their mother, a quick search turned up “Very young fawns do not appear to have any natural fear of predators, and may even walk up to humans” although I haven’t been able to conclusively verify the claim.
Well that’s a rare mercy from mother nature then.