| Deer Info: The white-tailed deer is a stately, graceful animal distinguished by
conspicuous ears, long legs, and narrow, pointed hooves. Adult males have spreading, branching antlers.
The tail is brown above and white underneath. When deer are alarmed, the tail is raised high, revealing
a white "flag" as the deer bounds off through the woods. Juvenile deer, or fawns, have white spots which
fade with age. Florida's deer are smaller than the national average. Adult males may weigh 125 pounds.
There are currently about 750,000 deer in Florida. Deer efficiently forage over a narrow home range with a diet consisting of trees, flowers,
bulbs, shrubs, seedlings, vegetables, and fruits.
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