Stag's Head

woods deer

first deer known, eumeryx who lived there 30 million years in Asia, was not wearing antlers. By cons, it possessed formidable canines that served as his defense.

evolves, the canines were down because of no use to a ruminant and woods appeared on the heads of males.

Each year, the males shed their antlers in February for the elderly and spring for the youngest.

Unlike cattle that have persistent and hollow horns, the deer woods who become ossified and repel each year. Once they fall, blood flow is directed to the important pivots and irrigates each antler (spikes). Their growth is phenomenal: one centimeter per day. Throughout their development, the spongy tissues mineralize to form a compact bone.

Meanwhile, wood sheathed in velvet, are very sensitive and the deer is careful not to hit them. Ossification is complete, velvet protector comes off in shreds. The deer rubs against trees to speed up the fall. After one hundred days, the deer will be a new antlers with two points (tines) more for deer than six years.