WHITE-TAILED DEER  Odocoileus virginianus

Length: 60-90 inches long.                                                             
Color: Brown and White.

Habitat: Wooded areas.

Range: Southern Canada and most of the United States, except for the Southwest, Alaska and Hawaii.

Diet: They commonly eat green plants in the summer, corn, acorns and other nuts in the fall, and the buds and twigs of  woody plants in the winter.

Notes: Deer are very good runners. They can run at speeds of up to 30 miles an hour. They are also good leapers, swimmers, and garden-ruiners.  My mom had a garden which was nearly destroyed by a deer.  The deer was a doe and my mom thought that it looked like a lonely old woman so she named it Gertrude.  Unfortunately, it stayed and almost destroyed her garden. These deer are very common and tame.  Lately, the White-Tailed Deer's population has been going through the roof because of the decline of its natural predators.  Now humans are their main predators.

 

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