Vet Creates Hybrid Deer Species by Crossbreeding a Sika Deer and an Elk

[mountaineer]

Vet Creates Hybrid Deer Species by Crossbreeding a Sika Deer and an Elk
 OutdoorHub Reporters
23 hours ago




So, this guy created – that’s right I said created – a new breed of deer, and people everywhere are baffled by the sight of this thing.

Apparently, a vet from Canada went all the way to China and crossbred a Chinese sika and an elk, and got this strange-looking hybrid species:


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[Free Vulcan]

Yeah great, put that thing out there in the wild, let it multiply. Now imagine your car hitting that. You can barely keep a garden anymore just with the deer.

[RoosGirl]

The story doesn't say what his purpose for doing this was.

[mountaineer]

The story doesn't say what his purpose for doing this was.

Just to see whether it was possible? 

[RoosGirl]

Just to see whether it was possible? 

I guess, but he sure traveled a long way, and presumably paid a lot of money, just to see if it could be done.

[Sanguine]

Looks like the antlers are problematic.

[Fishrrman]

Looks strange and unaesthetic...

[InHeavenThereIsNoBeer]

Yeah great, put that thing out there in the wild, let it multiply. Now imagine your car hitting that. You can barely keep a garden anymore just with the deer.

Must be an Iowa thing.  My first thought was "great, bigger deer to hit".

I don't know, but I'd suspect it's unable to reproduce, fortunately.

[Free Vulcan]

Must be an Iowa thing.  My first thought was "great, bigger deer to hit".

I don't know, but I'd suspect it's unable to reproduce, fortunately.

Many not living in the upper Midwest don't understand what they call deer, we call dogs, nor what a 250 lb corn fed monster can do to a car.

[Oceander]

Many not living in the upper Midwest don't understand what they call deer, we call dogs, nor what a 250 lb corn fed monster can do to a car.

Oh, we got em elsewhere, too.  Not only do cars hit them, they hit cars.  Had a friend who had just finished getting his car fixed from having hit a deer when a deer raced out of the woods and ran into the side of the car (while it was moving).   At that point, the insurance comPany declared it a total loss. 

[roamer_1]

Many not living in the upper Midwest don't understand what they call deer, we call dogs, nor what a 250 lb corn fed monster can do to a car.

I take it y'all don't have Mule Deer. @250 lb live weight sounds like a Whitetail...

[Free Vulcan]

I take it y'all don't have Mule Deer. @250 lb live weight sounds like a Whitetail...

Yeah and during the Depression they imported a large strain of whitetail from northern Minnesota into the state park in our county, who have now spread across most of Iowa and surrounding states. With corn and soybeans being the main crop here, they just go nuts. Even the does can get 150 lb +.

[montanajoe]

So how does it taste?

[roamer_1]

So how does it taste?

That IS the salient question.
Deer-catcher bumpers take care of the rest....

[mountaineer]

Many not living in the upper Midwest don't understand what they call deer, we call dogs, nor what a 250 lb corn fed monster can do to a car.

I had a friend in St. Louis who hit a deer - I don't know its size - and totaled her car.

[anubias]

The story doesn't say what his purpose for doing this was.

Make deer meat tastier?  Just shoot younger, more tender deer instead of going for the showy racks during hunting season and problem solved.

[IsailedawayfromFR]

The story doesn't say what his purpose for doing this was.

Wild guess, but hunting?

[ConstitutionRose]

I had a friend in St. Louis who hit a deer - I don't know its size - and totaled her car.

They are a big problem around here.  Everyone in the neighborhood has lost a vehicle to a deer accident.  We have a local heard that moves thru the neighborhood consuming everything.  My grandson calls them mutant ninja suicidal terrorist deer.