Comment by bsder
7 months ago
> But deer are pretty?!
Deer are simply tall, disease-carrying vermin--basically rats with long legs.
They eat everything. They multiply like bloody rabbits. They host a ton of diseases--especially when overpopulated (effectively everywhere that doesn't have lots of wolves or big cats).
I really don't understand why we don't hunt them aggressively when there is no apex carnivore to keep them under control.
Adult humans are often infected with various forms of the Bambi-Rudolph disease complex. Usually acquired in childhood, and very difficult to cure.
Invasive species in Australia, but it was introduced to hunt.
And hunters aren't sadly dumb enough to wipe the species out. They whittle down their numbers, and then leave them alone to repopulate.
Leading to my shock when I wrote off my car by hitting a deer, instead of a kangaroo as god intended.
Hmm. I live among deer. They're fairly pleasant creatures and interact with other species such as magpies and house cats. We do have pumas and a few human hunters, and high speed motor vehicles, possibly the odd wolf here and there although I've never see one. Over 25 years I haven't noticed an increase in their population.
Oh yeah, but I'm talking about the UK. All the big predators, cats, wolves, have been eradicated. Hell, even bears and boars.
It's this bad.