Talk:Deer
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The photos were overlapping each other. I deleted one of them. If somebody can fix the overlapping problem, then we can put the photo back. -- Zoe
The image labeled White Tailed Deer looks like a Mule Deer. Fred Bauder 12:18, 10 Nov 2003 (UTC)
why delink hart?
--Yak 20:28, Feb 26, 2004 (UTC)
In earlier forms of English, "deer" was a general term for any animal, just as "Tier" remains the German word for animal. "Hart" and "hind" were the common terms, just as we have no really common English name for both sexes of bos taurus (Cows and Bulls) today. At some point deer became the exclusive term for a specific type of animal. I'm not sure if this fits in with all of the information about harts, hinds and so on, but I think its a fascinating note.
[[User:Syncrolecyne|Syncrolecyne]
Doesn't "stag" deserve its own article, or at least a disambig page? It has more than one meaning in English, and I think the others are worth mentioning. 129.2.211.72 08:04, 7 Dec 2004 (UTC)