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Yes, the stag to the right has dropped his ”fourteen-pronged crown” in the forest …

No wonder, spring is here. Older stags start shedding their antlers in late February, the younger leave it until March. Interesting – is the older stag ashamed of having his loss of antlers seen by the younger brethren? All the same, his behaviour was very confident. Out of curiosity I counted how many carrots he ate in a row during the night – about forty ….

 

Shoulder height of a stag can be up to one and a half meters for the largest specimens and weight about a quarter of a ton. The weight of large deer cows stays at 150 kilos. Gorgeous animals.

 

 

Happy  “antler bearer“ – Saaremaa maid. In the near future we will probably see all stags denuded. Observant viewers surely notice the new  ”antler bumps”