When in danger humans are similar to a deer in the headlights
Standing still when a threat is detected is a defensive, protective reaction. This ancestral and automatic behavior allows the prey to stay unnoticed by a potential predator. A new study published in Psychophysiology finds that humans, like many other complex animals, freeze when encountering a threat. The mere picture of an injured or mutilated human induces this reaction. When viewing these unp...Extinct giant deer's descendant found in UK
UCL (University College London) scientists have found that the closest living relative to the extinct Irish Elk (giant deer) lives on our shores. The team tested for DNA and skeletal features to prove that the giant deer - which roamed across Europe and Siberia with prehistoric man and is the subject of numerous cave drawings - has its DNA in common with the fallow deer, one of the most widesprea...Male reindeer inflate a large air sac in the neck region to emit their hoarse rutting calls
A group of European scientists have determined that a male reindeer's air sac, influencing vocal sound and neck contour, may contribute to his sexual prowess and reproductive success. The results of this research have recently been published in Journal of Anatomy. As in other species with harem-like mating systems, the voice organs of reindeer differ according to gender. Adult males have a...Mule deer moms rescue other fawns
An intriguing study of mule deer and whitetail deer conducted by the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Canada and the University of Lethbridge, also in Canada, showed that both species responded to the recorded distress calls of fawns, similar to the responses elicited when coyotes attack fawns, with mule deer...Brown Deer start-up wants to serve up foreign film through broadband box
He forsees a new wave of media through broadband Internet access, which reached a majority of U.S. homes mid-2004, according to a survey by NetRatings, and serves a larger per-capita market in Korea, Japan and Singapore. Given a push, that network could...Invitrogen to buy Norwegian biotech with operations in Brown Deer
Dynal Biotech ASA</...Reindeer Provide Valuable Insights Into Sleep Disorders
It is a well-known fact that nearly 1/3rd of our lifetime is spent for sleep. The quality of the sleep is equally important as the quantity. People who have odd working hours such as drivers, shift workers and astronauts // suffer from chronic sleep deprivation that is responsible for fatigue and other health disorders. Studies conducted on reindeer in the North Polar Region have for...Deer once again in trouble, due to deer disease!
Deadly deer disease can affect another by an infected tissue injection too. The worry is that an injection of tissue from leg muscles of deer infected with chronic // wasting disease a make mice infected with the same strain. This is proof enough to say that deer muscle harbours this infectious prion protein and that muscle alone can trigger the wasting disease. Acco...CWD Has Already Caused 837 Wild Deer Deaths
Chronic wasting disease (CWD) is widespread in Alberta.Acadia Valley is the province which is about 260 km east of Calgary in which about 837 wild deer have been culled to prevent the spread of the disease. // The people are pledging the government to take necessary steps to stop the spread of the disease. Along the Saskatchewan border four new cases were detected among the...Reindeers Could Hold the Key to Elephantiasis Cure
Reindeers in the Arctic could hold the key to a cure for the dreaded elephantiasis, Finnish scientists say. Finnish researchers have found in Arctic reindeers// maggots known to cause elephantiasis. And if only they could check the spread of the maggots in reindeers, that could show the way for a lasting cure for the dreaded elephantiasis. They have found the filarioidea-family maggots i...12 Deer Die of Pneumonia in Tripura Zoo
At least 12 spotted deer have died of pneumonia at the Sipahijala wildlife sanctuary-cum-zoo in Tripura, officials said Saturday//. A wildlife officer said the deer suffered from a bout of pneumonia as the state was lashed by thunderstorms and intermittent rains during the past week. "Inadequate sheds and enclosures in the zoo had forced the deer and other animals to remai...