Wednesday, August 09, 2006
Fallow Deer 6
Like most deer Fallow seem to acquire their water requirements mostly from what they eat or from dew and are rarely seen drinking.
When alarmed they will sometimes move off in a distinctive manner known as pronking. In this all four feet are brought together and leave the ground simultaneously as the animal bounds away. They run in a distinctive stiff-legged fashion, bouncing along as if on a pogo stick.
They have an "alerting" behavior during which members of a herd assume a rigid, upright stance and stiff walk with neck extended vertically. The tail elevation indicates the degree of disturbance. If truly wild, the Fallow Deer is wary of humans, but unlike most other deer species, it easily becomes semi-domesticated and has been established as a "park deer" in many parts of the world.
The deer farming industry in the
