Not only deer, but all antlery animals (moose, reindeer, elk, etc). It’s completely normal and pain free, but it looks like something out of a horror movie.
For some reason, this does not happen to animals with horns, such as cows.
Well, it is quite bloody, which suggests that the tissue is very much alive. Do they have no pain receptors there or did the brain “learn” to ignore them?
Not only deer, but all antlery animals (moose, reindeer, elk, etc). It’s completely normal and pain free, but it looks like something out of a horror movie.
For some reason, this does not happen to animals with horns, such as cows.
Unlike horns, which like finger nails grow from the base, antlers are basically bones.
Well, it is quite bloody, which suggests that the tissue is very much alive. Do they have no pain receptors there or did the brain “learn” to ignore them?