Doe kills her fawn

[BULL'S-EYE]

Saw this on X last night...

 

[badguybuster]

Nope, not watching

 

[Mobuck]

I'd like to hear what a deer biologist had to say about that.
I've seen cows fight their calf to the point that they had to be separated. Even had to give the cow a dose of tranquilizer now and then. Other times (when I lost my patience) I just tied the cow to a post and beat the snot out of her--giving her something other than the calf to think about for a while.

 

[Cholo]

 

[contender]

That's a new one on me too!

Mother Nature has her ways. Maybe the doe had instincts about it. We'll never know.

 

[Neon Vernon]

That's kind of what I was thinking.

 

[Jeepnik]

I'd like to hear what a deer biologist had to say about that.
I've seen cows fight their calf to the point that they had to be separated. Even had to give the cow a dose of tranquilizer now and then. Other times (when I lost my patience) I just tied the cow to a post and beat the snot out of her--giving her something other than the calf to think about for a while.

I've found that if you just take the calf away for a while, once the pressure builds, they are looking for the calf.

 

[hittman]

I wondered…..
- not her fawn?
- she senses something is wrong with it?
- she can’t take care of twins?

 

[XUSNORDIE]

I recall a video of this a year or so ago. Odd behavior. I think the older video stated the fawn was injured or sickly.

Deer do weird stuff. I have seen them eat dead squirrels and chipmunks. One doe actually kept picking up a dead squirrel and tossing it in the air a few times before chewing on it.

 

[Joey]

I wondered…..
- not her fawn?
- she senses something is wrong with it?
- she can’t take care of twins?

I wondered about the same three things when I saw the video. I have seen hens peck their chick to death because it was a different color from the rest of the brood. Sad, but nature has it's own way of dealing with things.

 

[GunnyGene]

I wondered about the same three things when I saw the video. I have seen hens peck their chick to death because it was a different color from the rest of the brood. Sad, but nature has it's own of dealing with things.

Natures rules apply to humans also.

In Memoriam; Tennyson

LVI
'So careful of the type?' but no.
From scarped cliff and quarried stone
She cries, `A thousand types are gone:
I care for nothing, all shall go.

'Thou makest thine appeal to me:
I bring to life, I bring to death:
The spirit does but mean the breath:
I know no more.' And he, shall he,

Man, her last work, who seem'd so fair,
Such splendid purpose in his eyes,
Who roll'd the psalm to wintry skies,
Who built him fanes of fruitless prayer,

Who trusted God was love indeed
And love Creation's final law—
Tho' Nature, red in tooth and claw
With ravine, shriek'd against his creed—

 

[Joey]

Tennyson could be pretty dark I prefer Twain.
"Nature knows no indecencies. Man invents them."

 

[GunnyGene]

Tennyson could be pretty dark I prefer Twain.
"Nature knows no indecencies. Man invents them.

Yes. And then there's Poe.

The Conqueror Worm; Read by Vincent Price.

 

[mirglip]

Teats hurt.

 

[redhawker]

I wondered…..
- not her fawn?
- she senses something is wrong with it?
- she can’t take care of twins?

Just about exactly what I was thinking.