White Tailed Deer Buoyant

The White-tailed deer can smell 100 times better than humans, this helps them protect themselves and choose habitats. The white-tailed deer is one of the most commonly known large animals in the world. They inhabit all continents besides Australia and Antarctica. The white-tailed deer is very unique because it can adapt too many different habitats and many different climates, from the frigid and snowy north to the hot and sandy south. Many people believe that the white-tailed deer chooses a habitat based on food availability; however the population of the area, shelter availability, and weather patterns also affect their choices.
White-tailed deer are very agile animals, they run, jump, and swim very well. Deer are buoyant because their hair is hollow and it fills with air, this helps them if they …show more content…
This causes a high population of deer in populated areas by humans, this also can attract predators, increase disease transmission, increased aggression, and deer feeding off of humans too much. The deer then become dependent on humans and don’t know how to live and survive on their own. (Bagley, Kate.)
Deer can affect what grows in forests because of their grazing and eating habits. They can allow certain plants to grow or they can eliminate a plant species by over eating. In severe weather and winters deer can be responsible for killing trees because they use them as food sources in hard times. Deer are also important to predators because they are hunted and feed them. (biokids)
White-tailed deer are very adaptive and live in many different styles of habitats such as woods, mountains, bushy areas, farmlands, and even suburbs where the feed off of plants in gardens. Deer feed on green plants when they are available but also eat nuts, corn and even twigs if nothing else is available. Deer typically consume 5-9 pounds of food per day and find water from snow or waterbodies. (Bagley,