Thanks for the post :-) I prepared a few facts about white-tailed deer:
- Only male deer grow antlers, which are shed each year. In rare cases, female whitetail deer can grow antlers due to abnormally high levels of testosterone.
- A whitetail deer can run at speeds of up to 40 miles per hour, and swim at speeds of up to 13 miles per hour.
- They love to eat acorns, grasses, leaves, crops like soybeans and corn, berries, twigs, fungi, fruit, and nuts.
- "White-tailed" refers to the white underside of the deer's tail, which it displays and wags when it senses danger.
- A young deer is called a fawn. An adult male deer is called a buck. The female is called a doe.