Well, they don't have to cross it. They can just go around. My amateur's guess would simply be that the benefits they get from regular-ass deer hoof characteristics outweigh the benefits of evolving in a way that would make their hooves better for ice, in exchange for reduced efficacy in some other way. Evolution is really just probability and statistics, after all. The pressure just didn't go that way.
Man, I just wanna chill on the ice and this guy keeps dragging me around and poking me with sticks
Men just love poking things.
Poor babes are probably exhausted
What we should do is start a program to giver them tiny little spiked shoes for the winter.
They make studded horseshoes for the ice. They have the technology!
How come they evolved to be so catastrophically ill equipped to deal with a surface they must have to cross for 3-4 months of the year?
Well, they don't have to cross it. They can just go around. My amateur's guess would simply be that the benefits they get from regular-ass deer hoof characteristics outweigh the benefits of evolving in a way that would make their hooves better for ice, in exchange for reduced efficacy in some other way. Evolution is really just probability and statistics, after all. The pressure just didn't go that way.
W/o humans occupying the land so densely, they would probably just walk around.
But the frozen surface seems like a safer path than the one full of humans and fences and dogs.
How does one do this without choking the deer?
So in this senerio that was the best option.
Legs are always a no go zone. Besides them lashing out with them. They are fragile.
Deer get SUPER fluffy in the winter so the furs protects them from the rope and as long as the rope doesn't cinch up they can't get choked.
Add they are tired and didn't struggle it was the best option.
Honestly the amount of tension needed to choke the necks on these absolute units is probably more than what that rope is capable of
The tandem haul absolutely sent me.
"Hey Jim, what about those two, you think you can tow both at once? I DOUBLE-DEER DARE YA!"
/r/DeerAreFuckingStupid
There goes Dasher and Dancer and Prancer and Vixen
Good human. Faith in humanity healed, by a miniscule amount.
Exactly my reaction.
Deers all like “how the fudge are you moving around on this stuff?”
There little back legs are so cute
that last frame... lol
9/10.
Had to subtract a point for not thinking of giving them all 4 tiny ice skates
that one was wore out
Choo-choo! Dumbass train finally leaving the station.
Dasher, Dancer, and Prancer... late for work.
Hopefully, none were shot by hunters afterwards.
It’s the last deer wagging his tail like he’s enjoying the situation for me. 🤣