As fall approaches, deer bucks lose their velvet – the soft blood-rich tissue covering their growing antlers – which turns into bone. Photo: Deer in velvet, Seedskadee National Wildlife Refuge, WYhttp://1.usa.gov/17e1Dlz Credit: Tom Koerner/USFWS
Wednesday, September 9, 2015
Deer in Velvet
From USFWS National Wildlife Refuge System:
As fall approaches, deer bucks lose their velvet – the soft blood-rich tissue covering their growing antlers – which turns into bone. Photo: Deer in velvet, Seedskadee National Wildlife Refuge, WYhttp://1.usa.gov/17e1Dlz Credit: Tom Koerner/USFWS
As fall approaches, deer bucks lose their velvet – the soft blood-rich tissue covering their growing antlers – which turns into bone. Photo: Deer in velvet, Seedskadee National Wildlife Refuge, WYhttp://1.usa.gov/17e1Dlz Credit: Tom Koerner/USFWS
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