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moose
- In moose
…of the blood-engorged skin called velvet in late August, and the bulls are in rut by the first week of September. Rutting bulls search widely for females, but the bulls may also attract females with the smell of their urine. They paw rutting pits with their forelegs, urinate into them,…
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roe deer
- In roe deer
…which time they shed the velvet—the once-blood-engorged skin that is now dry and dead—from their newly grown antlers and are ready to do battle. Consequently, roe bucks, unlike other deer, grow antlers in winter and not in summer. A small amount of fattening does occur in bucks just prior to…
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