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Article: deer
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- The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
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deer ruminant mammal of the family Cervidae, found in most parts of the world except Australia. Antlers, solid bony outgrowths of the skull, develop in the males of most species and are shed and renewed annually. They are at first covered by "velvet," a soft, hairy skin permeated by blood vessels. The stem of the antler is called the beam, and the branches are the tines. Antlers are used as weapons during breeding-season combats between bucks. In deer that lack antlers (the
musk deer
and Chinese river deer), long upper canines serve as weapons. Deer are polygamous. They eat a variety of herbaceous plants, lichens, mosses, and tree leaves and bark.
The white-tailed deer that live ...
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Article: The deer still visit, but they ignore most of the plants.
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...The deer still visit, but they ignore most of the plants Can deer and gardens co-exist? The garden of Pat and John Holm...garden was first planted 25 years ago, it was protected from deer with a 7-foot-high fence topped with barbed wire. Deer...
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