Daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa I am a deer from Daxing'anling! Everyone affectionately calls me a stupid roe deer, and as a "Northeast Divine Beast", I am not stupid! In the previous issues, we got to know my hometown and vegetation. Today, it is up to me to introduce my family!
Look at the horns on my head and you should know I'm a buck! But compared to the red deer next door (1), my horns are small and exquisite; compared to the white moose next door (2), my figure is slim. Isn't it amazing that my horns will fall off in the fall or early winter and then slowly respawn after that?
My winter hair is uniformly grayish white to light brown. And different seasons will have different colors, (I am really not a chameleon) summer hair is red ochre, ears black, belly hair white; winter coat color is yellow brown, legs brown, throat, abdomen white; buttocks have white patches.
Most of the time I inhabit the sparse forest belt of daxinganling, moving in river valleys and gentle slopes. We were in the dense forest during the day, and only in the morning and evening did we dare to move in the meadows and bushes.
I like to eat the young branches, buds, leaves of shrubs. Sometimes when I see small berries such as blueberries and cranberries (crane cranes and tuk tuks mentioned in previous issues), I can't help but pounce on them.
Now I'm going to seriously clarify that I'm really not stupid!
First; I mentioned earlier that my ass has white hairs, and some people always say that when my white hairs explode, they are thinking about whether to run away. This white ass is a common feature of many deer and bovine families. This is just a means by which we are confusing the enemy! You can often see on TV that when a herd of gazelles is attacked by a cheetah or leopard, it will jump and scatter and flee, at which time we will cock our tails to reveal our white butts, which is conducive to confusing the enemy's sight and making them dazzled and do not know who to chase. Although we rarely integrate large groups, we often move in small groups, so it will confuse the enemy by blowing up the hair and exposing the white butt!
Second; there are always people who say that we will only be in the middle of the road, using the bright light of the headlights to rush to the road and crash into it. I really don't blame you for that! It's that I'm really just curious, and I can't understand things like cars. And there are countless animals that are killed by the road every year, and our deer tribe (especially the white-tailed deer) have reported that they are killed by more than 100,000 people every year, so I am not stupid!
Third; some say my race would be stupid enough to put its head in the snow in danger! That's really not that we don't want to run! We were really too tired to run. He could only be planted in a snowdrift and could not move.
Of course I admit that I am dumb and cute, so what humans call stupid may not be stupid. Today, I have been included in China's "List of Terrestrial Wild Animals Protected by the State that are Beneficial or of Important Economic and Scientific Research Value", which was promulgated and implemented by Order No. 7 of the State Forestry Administration on August 1, 2000. Any hunting of roe deer is illegal, and hunting, trading and eating wild roe deer is strictly prohibited. So I hope you can get along with me more friendly.
exegesis:
(1) Red deer: Red deer (scientific name: Cervus elaphus) is a large deer second only to moose, a total of 10 subspecies, because of its shape like a horse, the body is dark brown, there are some white spots on the back and sides. Males have horns, generally divided into 6 forks, up to 8 forks, the second fork of the horn is close to the eyebrow fork. Summer hair is shorter, no fluff, generally russet, darker on the back, shallower on the ventral surface, so it is called "red deer".
(2) Moose: Moose (English name: moose): is the world's largest deer family, moose genus has a total of 2 species and 8 subspecies. The moose's name is derived from its shoulders above its hips, similar to that of a camel. It is also known as Kandahan (Manchu), Kandahan (Manchu), Moose, moose in North America called "moose" (derived from the East Abnaki language "moz" and in Europe "elk" ("elk" is used in North America to refer to the Canadian red deer). It is characterized by the palm-shaped antlers of males. Moose are typical subarctic coniferous herbivores, living alone or in small groups, mostly in the morning and evening. It is found in northern Eurasia and northern North America. The coat color varies from subspecies to subspecies. (In 2005 by Biology Ewellson and Reed recognized moose into Eurasian moose and North American moose as distinct separate species.) ）
(3) Horns of male roe deer: males have horns, short horns, only three forks, no eyebrow forks, the main trunk is about 9 cm away from the base, the front branches are up, and the posterior branches are diverged into two small branches, one of which is pointed upwards, one branch is backward and inward, and the base of the horn has a circle of rough surface nodes, and there are also many small segments on the main trunk. Horns fall off in autumn or early winter, and then slowly respawn.
(4) The breeding mode of roe deer: one male and one female, mating from July to August. During the breeding season, male roe deer chase the female roe deer in a circle, and garland-like footprints appear on the ground. The gestation period is 8 months. Before giving birth, the mother roe deer disperses the young roe deer and enters the dense forest to give birth. Young roe deer are born in March-June, with 1-2 litters per litter. If 2 litters are born in each litter, the places of birth are 10-20 meters apart and they are breastfeeding separately. After 10 days of birth, the mother roe deer leads the newborn roe deer back to the group, and sexually matures in 1.5-2 years. Roe deer bark when frightened. In the wild, the lifespan is 10-12 years, up to 17 years. Every year, the horn falls off from November to December, the mushroom grows from February to March, and the horn grows from April to May.
Roe deer delay implantation by 4-5 months in reproduction. Wait until the climate is right. Roe deer estrus mating is mostly in August and September, if the winter is too cold, the birth of the roe deer will have to be delayed - the mother roe deer can control this time to ensure that the little roe deer is born in June, this time is when the mountain has begun to warm up, the grass warblers fly abundant food, and there is plenty of time for the roe deer to grow up to face the cold winter.
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