Re: RE: Re: Narrow handlebars

On 4/25/2024 6:23 PM, Tom Kunich wrote:

On Thu Apr 25 11:36:55 2024 Frank Krygowski  wrote:

 A biologist friend who lives nearby (with multiple acres of woods) tells
me coyotes mostly take fawns. But I suppose they could take an adult
deer, under the right circumstances.

  You should have another talk with your biologit ftiend. It is pretty difficult to get a fawn with a 3 pointer buck pretecting the herd.

<sigh> No, Tom, wrong again.
First, from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White-tailed_deer
"Bobcats, Canada lynx, grizzly and American black bears, wolverines, and packs of coyotes usually prey mainly on fawns."
Second, from _Mammals of the Great Lakes Region_ by Kurta, pp. 264-266:
"An adult female [WTD] lives much of the year in an extended family group with her newest fawns and her female yearling offspring. A male, in contrast, is solitary or joins a small bachelor group."
The bucks do not protect the females and fawns. Not their job.
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- Frank Krygowski