Deer

[Gas1883]

Excuse my lack of knowledge of animals , but we were looking through the photo albums at the weekend & came across this photo , we just could not remember our girl stroking deer , are they really that friendly ? , whenever I see them there gone .

[Gas1883]

[Doofus]

Roe deer are often semi-tame, and quite common in petting zoos and children's farms.

[Gas1883]

Doofus said:

Roe deer are often semi-tame, and quite common in petting zoos and children's farms.

Thankyou , explains it , most photos we can remember , but not this one , though 27 yrs apx ago so probably explains it

[StuntCock]

Those look like red deer. Of the 3 main UK deer species (Red, Fallow & Roe) generally only Red and Fallow can be kept in a semi domesticated sense, usually herds in parks or deer farms. They can get very tame (once visited a gamekeeper who kept a tame Fallow in his garden) but I wouldn’t totally trust them! The pretty little Roe deer like Bambi that you see in woodland is not a herd animal and does not tolerate being domesticated.

[Hereward]

My local wildlife rescue centre won't take injured adult deer to due "capture myopathy" - ie they will die of stress.

I think Great White sharks are the same - they cannot be kept alive in captivity.

[Boosted LS1]

I think those are young fallow deer.

[StevieBee]

We have loads of Muntjac Deer near us.

I remain convinced that they have learned tele-transportation.

Had about 10 of them run a few meters in front of us recently through a gap into another grass field. Went to see where they were running to and they'd gone. Not a sign of them.

[JonnyWhitters]

I'm saying Red Deer. They don't have the line of white spots like a plimsoll line on a ship or a thicker, darker strip in the tail (that's Fallow).

[Roofless Toothless]

Gas1883 said:

Excuse my lack of knowledge of animals , but we were looking through the photo albums at the weekend & came across this photo , we just could not remember our girl stroking deer , are they really that friendly ? , whenever I see them there gone .

Little girls can be surprisingly friendly sometimes. As teenagers, though ….