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What are 2 mammals that shed their antlers at certain times of the year?
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∙ 7y ago
Three mammals whose males shed their antlers would be deer, elk, and moose.
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How many times a year does a moose shed its antlers?
once
Do female moose shed antlers?
no, they dont have antlers
What tine of year do moose shed their antlers?
Moose shed antlers after breeding. Late fall, early winter.
Which deer species don't shed their antlers?
None of them. They all shed their antlers every year and regrow them back again.
What is the between antlers and horns?
anters are shed
Why do whitetail shed their antlers?
Yes. All species of deer lose their antlers and then grow back new bigger ones.
Do deers shed its horns annually and new horns develops?
Yes, but they are antlers, not horns. Horns on cattle and other ungulates are not shed like antlers are.
What month does elk shed their antlers?
late march April and few into may but i have encountered a bull in march with antlers still
When do North Carolina deer shed antlers?
april
When do buck deer shed antlers?
Several factors figure in to the time of year antlers are shed. Weather and how harsh the winter was can affect the time. Available food affects the time. If a Buck spends too much energy during the rut he will shed earlier. Shed occurs at different times depending on the area of the Country. But as a rule of thumb- the shed usually occurs sometime during mid December to late January.
Why do deer shed their antlers?
They shed their antlers because after the breeding season, the rut, they no longer need the antlers to impress females and to fight with other males over the females. The antlers consume a lot of blood and minerals which the deer needs after the breeding season and during the winter. Female and baby reindeer and caribou keep their antlers until the spring to be able to protect their food source from the larger males. Females that are not pregnant and babies will generally shed their antlers in the early spring. Pregnanat females generally shed their's a few days after giving birth to their young, later in the spring.
When to reindeer shed their antlers?
Both sexes grow antlers, which (in the Scandinavian variety) for old males fall off in December, for young males in the early spring, and for females, summer which help them to camouflage. (source: Wikipedia) Females shed their antlers after they give birth.
