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Reminds me of stylized art deco deer.
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[21 Dec 2011|10:11pm] |
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[21 Nov 2011|10:17pm] |
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Digby and Iona jewelry
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[04 Nov 2011|12:21am] |
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[13 Oct 2011|10:42pm] |
Found on Tumblr
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[18 Sep 2011|12:02pm] |
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Three deer appeared in the yard this morning, a doe and two fawns. The second fawn can be seen just beyond the doe.
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[26 Aug 2011|12:52am] |
By Kiki Smith, also posted to ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/community.gif?v=92.2) lagomorphic
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[14 Jun 2011|01:44am] |
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Lexx during the rut, November, 2010
Ready to confront any buck who wants to start something. |
Lexx is probably the most mellow deer you could ever meet... most of the year. That changes in the fall with the arrival of the rutting season. After all the bucks have shed their velvet and have worked their antlers into tip-top shape for fighting, the overall mood in the herd changes. By then, all the mature bucks have put on weight and their necks are significantly distended, giving some bucks a "pinhead" appearance. Here Lexx has a really thick, heavy neck with a thick coat of heavier hair. The brown color all over his face is an oily deposit that stains the hair when he rubs his face over the scent glands on his legs. He picks up this material with his head and rubs it over as much of his body as he can reach. With the white area around his mouth he reminds me of Al Jolson made up in black-face in "The Jazz singer". Any time throughout the year, if you rub any mature buck between his antlers, your fingers will pick up a dark tarry material that's given off by the glands located there.
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[12 Jun 2011|01:16pm] |
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Houdini having a drink at the fish pond.
He's muddy, but cleaner than he was. |
Here's Houdini having a drink during last season's rut. Taken late in November, the pic shows the water level in the fish pond much higher than it is now. Houdini always likes to play in mud, getting himself really grubby looking. During the rut he really seems to go overboard with making himself filthy. Maybe it's to impress the ladies, or maybe the other bucks... who also get pretty dirty, but not quite as bad as Houdini. Here he reminds me of a reindeer. Maybe it's his posture. In this pic his antlers are clean, all the points have been sharpened, and he's "ready for action".
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[26 Apr 2011|12:28am] |
Kay Nielsen
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