Locking antlers

[Beer_drinker]

This seems to happen often enough, youtube is flooded with these videos.
Two deer locking antlers while sparring. Then eventually starving to death, or getting eaten, as seen in vid #2.

Seems like a faulty design to me. There are plenty of other species that butt heads, but don't get tangled.
Is there a reason why their antlers are shaped so tangly? A reason that maybe outweighs the once-in-a-while death?

You'd think they'd evolve some better hats by now


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[jlovie]

A friend of my uncles found 2 deer that had gotten tangled up and died together, by the looks of things over the winter last year. He couldn't even get them untangled. Crazy stuff.

 

[snoopycda]

Pretty cool stuff, thanks for posting those. Nature isnt perfect!

 

[BigUglyMan]

And where are all the hippie animal lovers when someone has to wade in to untangle a couple of deer? It would appear that those bloodthirsty hunters are perhaps more compassionate than we realized!

 

[fratri]

And where are all the hippie animal lovers when someone has to wade in to untangle a couple of deer? It would appear that those bloodthirsty hunters are perhaps more compassionate than we realized!

Ain't that the truth

Great video, thanks for posting