Explain this!Hair Net? [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] ANSWER: Last November, this mule deer mule deer Large-eared deer (Odocoileus hemionus) of western North America that lives alone or in small groups at high altitudes in summer and lower altitudes in winter. Mule deer stand 3–3. was spotted in Durango. Colorado, wearing an odd antler antler: see horn. accessory--a purple volleyball net. The deer may have snagged a hold of the net while trying to scratch its itchy antlers antlers metaphorical decoration for deceived husband. [Western Folklore: Jobes, 395] See : Cuckoldry . Male deer grow new antlers; every year Unlike horns, antlers are living tissue with a velvety vel·vet·y adj. vel·vet·i·er, vel·vet·i·est 1. Suggestive of the texture of velvet; soft and smooth: velvety skin. 2. outside layer of dead skin. Deer try to scrape off this itchy layer by rubbing their antlers against trees and shrubs--or even volleyball net poles The tangled net will fall off along with the deer's antlers sometime in February |
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