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2007-01-13 05:49:09 · 14 answers · asked by dharrison_ch 1 in Science & Mathematics Zoology

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All of them shed it seems from what I found as given below:

Deer shed their antlers annually as a prelude to the regeneration, or re-growth, of new ones.

The entire shedding process takes a mere two to three weeks to complete, and the re-growth phase takes place over the summer. The docile male deer that, with the exception of the male and the female reindeer, solely sports antlers sheds them between January and April, after the autumn mating season draws to a close. He can do without antlers at this time, because his need for them in prior months, to attract and to impress females for his harem of mates, and to fight with his competitors for the females' affections, no longer exists.

The antlers themselves differ from the hollow horns of cattle, in that they comprise solid bone tissue with a honeycombed structure. Pedicles, or knobby, skin-covered nubs protruding from the skull, support the deer's antlers, or points, which range in number from one shaft to eleven branches. The pedicles are a permanent fixture on the deer's forehead, and are the point from which the antlers annually break off.

During the first year the pedicles appear on the young deer's forehead. The following year, the youngster sprouts straight, spike-like shafts. In successive years, as the deer matures, his antlers lengthen. In most species, he acquires additional branches.

During the growth phase of the bony antlers, they are covered with a sensitive skin referred to as "velvet," which is filled with blood vessels that feed the antlers the vitamins and the minerals necessary to build up the bone, and to promote normal antler growth. Antler growth spans two to four months, after which time the velvet is no longer needed, and a ring, which effectively serves as a shutoff valve, forms at the base of the antlers and cuts off the blood supply to the velvet. As a result, the velvet withers, dries up, and falls off, often assisted by the deer, which rubs his antlers against tree bark. The antler regeneration is complete, and the shedding cycle will resume once mating season in the fall concludes

2007-01-13 06:04:00 · answer #1 · answered by Gayathri B 3 · 2 0

all the deer species shed their antlers every year to grow a new larger set.

2007-01-14 18:27:13 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

All male deer shed their antlers annually.

2007-01-13 14:02:41 · answer #3 · answered by tattyhead65 4 · 2 0

Well, you have the Red deers that inhabits most of Europe, then you have the chital in India...actually, almost all deers (male) shed their antlers annually....

2007-01-15 11:37:26 · answer #4 · answered by uniciron 2 · 0 0

any animal that has antlers sheds them. horns are not shed but continue to grow through the animals life.
antelope , goats and sheep have horns, deer of any species have antlers. mostly, only the males have them, but in caribou both male and female grow antlers, though the female grows smaller ones.

2007-01-13 14:07:37 · answer #5 · answered by chris r 2 · 3 0

Roe..??
Only the males have antlers, which are lost during winter, but which re-grow in time for the mating season.

2007-01-13 13:52:19 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1 0

All members of the deer family.

2007-01-13 14:03:02 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2 0

Live ones,...dead deer stop after the first time.

2007-01-14 13:16:39 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1 0

whitetailed deer shed every year

2007-01-13 20:46:24 · answer #9 · answered by hill bill y 6 · 0 0

All of them.

2007-01-14 01:40:03 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

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