Tuesday, January 14, 2014

Buck-a-roo

Photo by Dan Granger 1/10/2014

Photo by Dan Granger 1/10/2014

Photo by Marty Horowitz 1/11/2014

Both Dan and Marty saw this White-tailed buck along the road into Bear Canyon. Marty sends this info on points:

This buck's antlers had 7 points, but would get penalized according to the "rules" of counting points because of asymmetry (if you are interested in such arcane stuff!)

Why do antlers sometimes grow asymmetrically, you ask? Well, why are some people supermodels and others not? Genetics and environment.

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