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Old 03-22-2008 | 05:57 PM
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Default RE: do deer really go to water when they are wounded?
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I always fuigured blood loss caused them to dehydrate, making them thirsty. I have shot 4 deer that have died right next to a small pond after going for three or four hundred yards.
No way, the physiologic mechanism responsible for thirst does not kick in when there is blood loss due to trauma, at least not right away.
Yes it does, its called hypovolemic shock.
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