is a deer antler a bone?

Answer 1

Each antler grows from an attachment point on the skull called a pedicle. This dead bone structure is the mature antler.

Answer 2

The answer is not a simple one. A deer's region of the country, genetics, and bone density all play a part. In addition, How the deer removes the velvet from the antlers will make a difference. As anyone who has ever cut themselves knows, blood leaves a stain. The velvet on the antlers is FULL of blood vessels. As the deer rubs his antlers on trees, the blood, tree sap, etc. mixes and can cause different stain colors on the antlers, causing different color combinations. My guess is that this deer chose (for whatever reason) to not rub the velvet off, and to simply let it fall off. Bone (which antler is a form of) is naturally white when exposed to sunlight anyway.

Answer 3

Deer antlers are made from the same material as your finger nails.

Answer 4

yes the antler is a bone they keep gowning larger each year

Answer 5

Yes it is. During a period of the year, it is covered in velvet. THis velvet is a soft covering with blood vessels and tissue that supplies the grwing bone. As the velvet wears off, the tissue becomes harder.

Answer 6

Except for the center, which is bone, the outside is more like fingernail (or ivory)

Answer 7

a "bone" is inside the body and part of the skeleton.
While it may be made of bone like material, it is exterior and regenerative, do you regrow your leg every year after it falls off, no.

Answer 8

Yes and also like fingernails.

Answer 9

yes