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Cervus timorensis russa
The male decorate its antlers with grasses to attract the female. Perhaps the 'decoration' indicates the dominance of a male in a group so it allows more access to the female.
Savanna
Spotted on Jul 18, 2012
Submitted on Oct 26, 2012
9 Comments
Congrats Marsya, your spotting has been featured in the Project Noah Valentine's Day blog! http://blog.projectnoah.org/post/4308288...
Saying Eat Me, like a boss....
'Marry me, I'm good at finding grass'
too cute!
Fantástico muy bello sus adornos para el cortejo excelente::
he ( it) did .... indeed .
Very interesting behavior! The female doesn't look particularly impressed though!
That's one bad hat, haha. Great photo though.
That's hilarious! Great capture!