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01-15-2003, 04:09 AM
#3
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: chiefland Florida USA
Posts: 5,417
RE: Have you ever heard of anything like this?
carnivors;never heard of that befor.
there are all kinds of freaks in nature as in humans(not freaks just mistakes of nature).
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I am not a hunter I am a whitetail population reduction specialest
remember keep your back to the sun, your knife sharp, and your powder dry.
there are all kinds of freaks in nature as in humans(not freaks just mistakes of nature).
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I am not a hunter I am a whitetail population reduction specialest
remember keep your back to the sun, your knife sharp, and your powder dry.
01-15-2003, 07:09 AM
#4
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Dahlonega Ga. USA
Posts: 1,626
RE: Have you ever heard of anything like this?
There is a breed of deer in India,I believe, that has "tusks" similar to what you describe. I can't remember the breed but have seen pictures of them. I suggest you contact the wildlife biologist in your area and ask him what he knows about "throwbacks" to deer of another era.
Coastie
"Children are tastier than Dogs or Goats and they're far easier for a Leopard to catch" Indian Magistrate Hari Prasad Tivari
Coastie
"Children are tastier than Dogs or Goats and they're far easier for a Leopard to catch" Indian Magistrate Hari Prasad Tivari
01-15-2003, 08:49 AM
#5
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Adirondack Moutains USA Member since sept/02
Posts: 1,639
RE: Have you ever heard of anything like this?
There are deer in China that have gills they had heard storys of these animals for years. Finally someone got up enough money to find out In 1995 they found and caught there first one. They believe the gill like things on the sides of there snoot are used for scenting. Nature is always coming up with something interesting.
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06-04-2003, 08:50 PM
#10
Fork Horn
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Hartselle Alabama USA
Posts: 297
RE: Have you ever heard of anything like this?
OK, I couldn' t find it last night, but here it is:
From " The Deer of North America" by Leonard Lee Rue III
" The canine teeth of deer are not the meat-piercing canines of the dog family. A deer' s canines so closely resemble the incisor teeth that they are often classed and counted as such. In rare instances, deer have what are known as maxillary canine teeth in the upper jaw. These are rudimentary and serve no purpose, since there are no opposing teeth. Many times these teeth do not erupt through the gums, and most people would be unaware of their presence. biologist locate unruptured canines by scraping the upper jaw.
C.W. Severnghaus found only 23 upper canine teeth in 18,000 whitetail deer he examined, or 0.1 percent. The farther south one goes, the more canine teeth are found in deer. Charles M. Loveless & Richard F. Harlow found four canine teeth in an examination of 95 deer in Florida, for 4.2 percent. At the Wilder Wildlife Refuge in Texas, 162 whitetail skulls disclosed 49 canine teeth in 29 of the animals. Some of the skulls had only 1 tooth, some had both. Twenty-six of the teeth were rudimentary and did not protrude through the gums. Among females, 18 percent had upper canines; among males, 17 percent had them. In Venezuela, E. Boelioni found four large canine teeth in 10 deer that he had examined, a total of 40 percent. As noted in chapter 4, the musk deer and the Chinese water deer have greatly elongated, functional, stabbing, maxillary canine teeth - tusk - and no antlers. The muntjacs, or " barking" deer, of Southeastern Asia have both tusk and antlers. Biologists believe that the canine teeth diminished in prehistoric deer with the evolution of antlers. Some other members of the deer family, such as the caribou, also have canine teeth. Elk usually have well-developed maxillary canines, and thousands of elk were once killed so that these teeth could be worn as decorations by Indians and by members of the Fraternal Order of Elks."
From " The Deer of North America" by Leonard Lee Rue III
" The canine teeth of deer are not the meat-piercing canines of the dog family. A deer' s canines so closely resemble the incisor teeth that they are often classed and counted as such. In rare instances, deer have what are known as maxillary canine teeth in the upper jaw. These are rudimentary and serve no purpose, since there are no opposing teeth. Many times these teeth do not erupt through the gums, and most people would be unaware of their presence. biologist locate unruptured canines by scraping the upper jaw.
C.W. Severnghaus found only 23 upper canine teeth in 18,000 whitetail deer he examined, or 0.1 percent. The farther south one goes, the more canine teeth are found in deer. Charles M. Loveless & Richard F. Harlow found four canine teeth in an examination of 95 deer in Florida, for 4.2 percent. At the Wilder Wildlife Refuge in Texas, 162 whitetail skulls disclosed 49 canine teeth in 29 of the animals. Some of the skulls had only 1 tooth, some had both. Twenty-six of the teeth were rudimentary and did not protrude through the gums. Among females, 18 percent had upper canines; among males, 17 percent had them. In Venezuela, E. Boelioni found four large canine teeth in 10 deer that he had examined, a total of 40 percent. As noted in chapter 4, the musk deer and the Chinese water deer have greatly elongated, functional, stabbing, maxillary canine teeth - tusk - and no antlers. The muntjacs, or " barking" deer, of Southeastern Asia have both tusk and antlers. Biologists believe that the canine teeth diminished in prehistoric deer with the evolution of antlers. Some other members of the deer family, such as the caribou, also have canine teeth. Elk usually have well-developed maxillary canines, and thousands of elk were once killed so that these teeth could be worn as decorations by Indians and by members of the Fraternal Order of Elks."
