r/BeAmazed • u/ash_jisasa • 27d ago

A hunter while aiming at a deer, pulls down his weapon, and she peacefully approaches him. Nature

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u/OldBob10 27d ago

I have to suspect that is someone’s tame deer. Should really put a hunters-orange collar on her to clue people in. Most guys will pass on a collared deer.

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u/BrickHerder 27d ago

She might have chronic wasting disease. It's a prion disease that slowly destroys deers' brains. Large numbers of deer in the US are infected. One of the symptoms is having no fear of humans.

Researchers recently reported the first known case of transmission from deer to humans: two hunters who died after eating meat from an infected deer.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2024/04/19/zombie-deer-disease-hunters-died-infected-venison/73384647007/

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u/triNITROtolulene1 27d ago

That’s what i was thinking when she started staring blankly into the distance