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Europe's largest land mammal, mostly famous for stags screaming at each other in autumn.
means A large wild deer species native to Europe, western Asia, and North Africa, with males growing branched antlers they shed and regrow every year.
from The name is straightforwardly descriptive: 'red' from the animal's reddish-brown summer coat (from Old English 'read'), and 'deer' from Old English 'deor', which once meant simply 'animal' or 'beast' in general before narrowing over centuries to mean specifically the hoofed, antlered kind we picture today.
- the roar
- stags bellow for weeks straight to attract mates
- antler cost
- regrown yearly, burning huge amounts of calcium and energy
- size myth
- scottish red deer are smaller than their european cousins
- name confusion
- north american elk were once mistaken for red deer