There’s a good escape. That’s what deer are best at though, getting away from things. This deer just happens to add a little flair to his escape.
Deer have it out for them from the moment they are born. Anything that can, wants to kill them. Deer are medium sized animals that average around 120 pounds in most places. They are a perfect meal for all sorts of predators from cougars to bear, or even birds or prey when they are young or dead roadside.
A deer’s only defense is really their running. If they can get away faster and run farther, they are usually okay. Bucks have their antlers, but they only really use them during certain times of the year known as the rut. During the mating season, bucks with smack antlers with each other to show their dominance and attract a mate.
The rest of the year, the plan is to RUN. They use their long legs to run fast and use things like water features to seek protection.
This deer found himself in hot pursuit when a pack of wild dogs started to chase him down in Mexico.
The young buck is seen swimming way out into the ocean to escape the dogs. After it figures it got some distance the buck heads into shore.
It catches a wave and even widely body surfs one of them on its journey into a safe shore.
“On a remote beach in Mexico, a whitetail deer was seen jumping in to the ocean to escape a pack of wild dogs. The pack is thought to be made up of Mexican Hairless, and sustain themselves this time of year on turtle eggs.
The deer seemed very comfortable with this escape tactic, and it has presumably been used before as this is jaguar country and several large jaguars are known to live in the area.”
The thigs these deer will do to survive.
