A loud grazer

The axis deer is highly vocal and uses distinctive sharp alarm calls to communicate. Both males and females have alarm calls and a barking sound.
In Nepal, axis deer graze near trees where langurs live, as the monkeys drop fruit and alert them to predators.
Axis deer are skilled swimmers.
When deer shed the velvet (the soft tissue that nourishes and protects the antlers as they grow) from their antlers, they actually eat some of it, as it contains valuable nutrients.

Be fortunate to meet the axis herd on Skovridersletten.

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