Yes, Dr. Whiteman is an expert in amphibians, but as the head of Murray State's Dept. of Biological Sciences, he also knows a great deal about mamals as well.

And yes, the study did show that rats that went into hypovolmic went to a water bottle 99% of the time within a minute of shock. In Biology, theres always a margin for error as you know. Im not going to tell you that deer would perform the same test at 99% accuracy, but I would think it would be over 60%.

Charlie Alsheimer actually did test thisat a whitetail preserve in Michigan and wrote about it in Deer and Deer Hunting magazine. I cant exactly remember his results, I will try to find it tonight.