| Answers |
| 1. |
False
The only way to tell a deer’s age is to examine its teeth.
Antler growth does, to some extent, depend on age but it is also
influenced
by that year’s food and water availability as well as other
factors such as health and parasite infestation. |
| 2. |
True – (and
False)
That is what the name means but the idea of deer having
hollow teeth was a misunderstanding by an early French-American
naturalist, Constantine Samuel Rafinesque. He applied this name
after the finding of a single tooth in Virginia, probably that
of a very old deer. |
| 3. |
True
Deer often have twins and births of up to five
young have been reported. This can cause populations to increase
quite rapidly. |
| 4. |
False
Mother
deer (does) hide their babies in safe locations so the does can
feed more easily. She always knows where her young are and will
come back several times a day to nurse them. Please leave fawns
alone as personally possessing one is illegal in most states
and you would be robbing it of its mother’s care. |
| 5. |
This
statement is doubly false
First of all, deer possess antlers,
a bony substance that is shed yearly. Secondly only the males
(except in the case of Caribou) possess these antlers. |
