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Circle of life and all that, but good on ya, little deer for saving Thumper!
Arkansas Granny
(31,514 posts)hlthe2b
(102,225 posts)between the red-tailed hawks, great-horned owls and prairie falcons. That is when it isn't song birds or kittens.
Nice to see the little guy make it occasionally.
Kali
(55,007 posts)rabbits will scream and that may have stimulated the deer, but I didn't hear anything. more rabbits than birds of prey so not sure I would cheer the vignette, but it sure is interesting.
hlthe2b
(102,225 posts)occasion to prevent a hawk from getting too many. (Not physically, of course). It is a typical morning sighting here. But, I've never seen a deer intervene, that is for sure.
Binkie The Clown
(7,911 posts)hlthe2b
(102,225 posts)Under The Radar
(3,401 posts)CloudWatcher
(1,846 posts)Killing hawk? Yes. But to save the rabbit? That's a whole lot of projection
The deer had no use for the hawk, but tbd why. It could be that it confused the rabbit's cry for that of a fawn, or (my guess) it had a fawn nearby and was in "defend my territory" mode.
We had a mama moose with a newborn calf in our yard a couple weeks ago. And that charge was very reminiscent of the running I saw the mama do when another moose got too close. I suspect the deer had a fawn just off camera and was defending it.
Astonishing footage in any event!
hlthe2b
(102,225 posts)That said, we really don't know, now, do we? We've certainly seen something like this happen with orphaned animals raised in captivity.
CloudWatcher
(1,846 posts)I admit I get triggered by anthropomorphism. For all we know the rabbit and the deer were raised together in captivity and released into the wild. Or possibly the deer was a Martian in disguise fighting off the hawk from Andromeda. Interesting video in any event!
Hortensis
(58,785 posts)OhZone
(3,212 posts)smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)Anyway, I was on team Rabbit & Deer.
Sophiegirl
(2,338 posts)To the circle of life.
Marcuse
(7,478 posts)underpants
(182,767 posts)Like Rock Paper Scissors
yardwork
(61,588 posts)pansypoo53219
(20,969 posts)mahatmakanejeeves
(57,393 posts)Duppers
(28,118 posts)off my deck. (Folks would be surprised about how intelligent that squirrel was.)
Good for the deer!
MatthewHatesTrump2
(915 posts)Unbelievable!
Baitball Blogger
(46,699 posts)skypilot
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