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Fallow deer (Dama dama) stags.

Fallow deer (Dama dama) stags. These stags still have the vascular layer of velvet covering their antlers. This layer supplies oxygen and nutrients to the growing bone. Once the antlers are fully grown, the velvet is shed and the antlers' bone dies. Photographed in Israel.

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Fallow deer (Dama dama) stags. These stags still have the vascular layer of velvet covering their antlers. This layer supplies oxygen and nutrients to the growing bone. Once the antlers are fully grown, the velvet is shed and the antlers' bone dies. Photographed in Israel.