Dear Readers, this is not about your backyard shed where you may store implements for other seasons of the years, either gone by or yet to come. Rather, it's about the shed antlers of deer and moose that you may find while wandering around in the boreal forests of this continent.
This is about some of the ungulates (hoofed animals) that you may see in the forests. There are three main groups of ungulates, namely those without any "head-ornament" (like horses), one with horns (like cattle and goats), and another with antlers (like deer and moose). In contrast to the horns of sheep, goats, or cattle that are permanently growing, the antlers of deer, elk, and moose grow anew each spring/summer season and are "shed" in the following winter.
- Wednesday, November 11, 2020