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The fur-like soft stuff is called 'velvet.'
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Do reindeers shed antlers?
Yes. Both sexes grow new antlers every year, underneath protective fur called velvet. When the antlers have finished growing, the velvet falls off. After the mating season, the antlers fall off.
While buck elk rub the leather off their racks yearly does their whole rack come off also?
Actually they are bull elk and what is on their antlers is velvet. It is a tissue (like skin) that provides the antlers nutrition while they are in the growth stage. As the seasons progress the bull's hormones change and the tissue begins to die. He then rubs it off on trees and produces his polished antlers. After the mating season (rut) hormones will change again and he will shake off his antlers to grow a new set for the next year.
What is reindeers favorite game?
bucking people off
Do coues deer lose their antlers?
=Yes, after the rut most males loose their antlers and they regrow them the next spring.=
What bis the difference between antlers and horns?
the difference is that antlers will fall off, where as horns won't
How do deer antlers help them survive?
They attack their predators or at least scare them off with the antlers. Males are the only ones with antlers to protect their group. Males also use antlers to compete for leader of the group.
What are reindeer antlers made of?
Antlers on deer are bonematerial - During growth they are covered with a skin that helps provide blood and thus nutrients to the antler. When the antler growth stops due to testosterone-levles rising in the animal, the skin is rubbed off - therewith creating the colorization and "staining" of the antler.
When does the moose's antlers fall off?
i think in the spring
What is it santa says to reindeers before he takes off?
Hiya merry christmas!
Why do deer need antlers?
The correct answer depends on what time of the year you saw the bull moose. After the Fall rutting season the antlers fall off. The moose will then grow a new set of antlers in the Spring.
Do reindeer shed their antlers?
Deer shed their antlers annually for the regeneration, or re-growth, of new ones. The entire shedding process takes two to three weeks to complete, and the re-growth phase takes place over the summer. The docile male deer that, with the exception of the male and the female reindeer, solely sports antlers, sheds them between January and April, after the autumn mating season draws to a close. He can do without antlers at this time, because his need for them in prior months, to attract and to impress females for his harem of mates, and to fight with his competitors for the females affections, no longer exists.
Antlers fall off Horns don't Generally only male deer have antlers but what liberated deer species lets the ladies have them too?
reindeer
