#deer behavior

Deer behaviour feat. @racuh

In this instance, does anyone know where I can find an overview on deer anatomy/differences between human and deer physiology and behavior that ISN'T by hunters? I feel like that predatory perspective, while informative, misses things that a scientific or veterinary analysis would give and I CAN'T FIND IT. I also grew up around deer hunters so I know a lot of the hunter's info already I wanna learn new things. Like, do they have specialized organs beyond their stomach? Are their organs arranged differently than humans (disregarding stature)? Do they have different specialized bones? How different are their senses like hearing and smell? Why do their ears do that flappy thing sometimes? Do they wag their tails like dogs or is it just communicating with their herd and/or predators? I just wanna know all the things.

Deer are "neophobes". They are terrified of anything new and unfamiliar, because anything they don't know could be a threat. Even a change in position of something can cause avoidance or outright fleeing.

When nervous, deer will perk up their ears, attentive to their surroundings.

More anxious, they might walk funny in a weird, like, strutting fashion. This is accompanied by heavy footsteps and stomping to seem intimidating.

If really scared or suddenly startled, they will fucking yeet themselves away. No, for real.

They do shit like that. They will leap full-sail a random direction, just trying to get away asap. Apparently deer have even broken their necks this way. Morons.

I’m trying my hand at working in the office on a Monday. It’s still early, but as of right now I nearly have the building to myself. There are two people in view in front of me but they are as far away as you can get and still be in my line of site. There’s no one in site behind me. The traffic was non-existent too. I zipped in without any problem. Now having written all of that, it just dawned…