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23-04-2009, 07:45 PM
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| | | Sabre Toothed Deer
Sabre Toothed deer well to be exact a Chinese Water Deer. This was a skull I found during the winter. Whilst watching some Bedfordshire CWD's I came across some bits of a scavenged carcass and after a search of some time eventually found the remains of a CWD. With Dusk around the corner I chopped off the head and later passed it to the Mammal Recorder for displaying.
The skull really shows off the amazing tusks and although they are not particulalry aggresive I have heard stories of them killing dogs when cornered.
Roy 
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23-04-2009, 08:03 PM
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| | | Re: Sabre Toothed Deer
Impressive and yes I seem to recall a story somewhere of CWD stag having a go at a dog that cornered it. 
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23-04-2009, 08:12 PM
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| | | Re: Sabre Toothed Deer
Nice find Roy!
Although it does look a bit scary, especially seeing as how CWD are quite cute and fluffy...
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23-04-2009, 08:15 PM
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| | | Re: Sabre Toothed Deer
Cool... looks like something out of "Walking With Beasts" 
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23-04-2009, 08:23 PM
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| | | Re: Sabre Toothed Deer
Fantastic skull Roy! Unbelievable tusks. One presumes they evolved for defense then. They look like they'd be pretty effective to me
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23-04-2009, 08:23 PM
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| | | Re: Sabre Toothed Deer
Wow that looks scary - I've never seen a Chinese Water Deer - off to the Gallery |
24-04-2009, 01:43 PM
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| | | Re: Sabre Toothed Deer
The skull is a great find, a friend and I saw a CWD in South Northants over the Winter so they are starting to move around a bit from their Beds stronghold.
Ours didn't have any tusks though so presumably a Doe.
Still nice to see though.
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24-04-2009, 03:28 PM
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I'm quite envious camo. That was a nice find. | | |
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