Why are the animals so tame?
Wild animals are never really tame, but have simply lost their fear of humans. These wild animals can react unpredictably if threatened or harassed. Many animals can inflict painful bites or because of size, present a potential physical hazard. Avoid close contact with wild animals to prevent personal injury. WHITE TAILED DEER What are the natural foods of the deer? An adult white-tailed deer needs four to six pounds of woody browse and other vegetation such as grasses each day to be healthy. Woody browse consists of the leaves, buds and twigs of trees and shrubs. Acorns, beech nuts, crabapples and other mast also comprise a major portion of the diet. How do deer digest these foods? The digestive system of the deer is quite different from ours. Deer are ruminants, like cows, and chew food more than once during the digestive process. The rumen, one of the four compartments of a ruminant’s stomach, contains single celled organisms which break down the coarse, raw foods as the first step
