DEER FLY OVER HIGH FENCE, GOOD JUMPS, SHOTS PROTECT FAWN

Deer effortlessly fly over a high fence. Video shows the awesome grace and power of the whitetail deer as they leap over a high wire fence. The fence including the barbed wire above it was about 5 feet high. Very cold winter day. Also shows jumps in slow motion.

The deer hear near-by gun shots and know they are in danger.

A fawn seemed unable to jump the fence. Its mother looked very concerned. She watched it. The deer stayed by the fawn and did not leave, although a hunter was shooting. The deer were protective of the fawn, even though they were in danger. Note the body language and tail signals, for example, before the last deer jumped the fence watch it and the fawn flash their white tails.

Several times the deer were startled by the hunter's gun shots. They jerked, looked around, and then jumped the fence. LINK: Youtube

Eagle Vs. Reindeer

You look tasty, but I'm saving my appetite for the baby reindeer. Golden eagle image (man pictured NOT Harri Norberg) courtesy Flickr user mikebaird, via: CC.

The BBC posted two videos of golden eagles hunting baby reindeer in Finland. They don't have an embed option, so you'll have to follow the link to watch. It's the first time this has ever been filmed. In fact, the native Sami people have been saying for years that eagle on reindeer violence was going on, but most experts didn't believe them until scientist Harri Norberg from the University of Lapland gathered forensic (and, now, this video) evidence for his Ph.D. thesis. His incredibly awesome Ph.D. thesis. LINK

Rare Deer Born at the National Zoo

A rare tufted deer was born at the National Zoo’s Conservation and Research Center in Virginia on July 16.

Tufted deer, called that for the tuft of hair on their forehead, are native to the forests of southern China. They are usually found within giant panda reserves. The animal is difficult to trace in the wild because of its elusive habits—it travels alone, or with a single mate, in the late evening or at dusk. But wildlife experts say that some 100,000 are killed annually by local hunters. The IUCN lists the species as near threatened; and even captive animals are rare with fewer than 110 living in U.S. zoos. LINK

Young deer bathing kitty

Arnold's Wildlife Rehab (in Okeechobee, Florida), one of the young deer started bathing this kitty. LINK: Youtube

Doe saved from icy death

Smack dab in the middle of Lake Zumbro, a doe is trapped, not able to grip the slippery ice. With the wind-chill of 30 below zero, it could be a death sentence.

A sentence Steve Breland won't see carried out. "I'm going to try and put this rope around its neck without choking it," said Breland. Fear sets in for the helpless doe but Steve presses on.

Steve gives the doe a free toe. It's a full days workout for Steve and a lifetime of fright for the doe.

Every time Steve gets the doe off the ice, the deer goes right back on the ice again.

"There he goes back on the ice again," laughs Breland. But after a chuckle Steve was getting frustrated. "This is starting to tick me off," said Breland.

In the end, the deer makes it off the ice, takes a rest and says thanks Steve. LINK: Via: Liveleak

Single-horned 'Unicorn' deer

This undated photo provided by the Center of Natural Sciences in Prato, Italy, Wednesday, June 11, 2008, shows a deer with a single horn in the center of its head. The one-year-old Roe Deer - nicknamed 'Unicorn' - was born in captivity in the research center's park in the Tuscan town of Prato, near Florence. LINK