Deer

A mother deer and two fawns. 

    The only deer in West Tennessee are the white-tailed  deer. Also called Virginia deer, they travel in small

herds and are not usually seen by themselves. Although they have no permanent home, they have a home range, an large area that a deer roams looking for food. Deer rarely leave their home range. They can find plenty of food and a mate within this area.

    A deer may give birth to one or two deer at a time. When giving birth, a female will find a hidden spot and stay there until the fawns are old enough to follow the group. They can stay hidden for up to five weeks. A newborn deer, or fawn, weighs less than a human baby (3.5 to 6 lbs)!

    Deer are herbivores, eating grasses and flowers in the spring. If food is extremely scarce, deer may even eat bark from the trees. Deer are faster than most predators but try to avoid running from predators. Instead they stick their tail up, showing the white tail of their name. They remain still until the predator passes.

    Fun Fact: White-tailed deer do not usually live to be over 10 years old, but one deer named Elizabeth lived to be 24 years and 7 months old. To read more follow this link and click "World's oldest whitetail deer dies"
http://www.deer-digest.com/html/mar02.html#2

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C&T