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• Antlers are true marvels of nature. All deer grow a new pair of antlers every year from the time they are a year old. The rate at which they regenerate, an inch or more per day, makes them the fastest growing formation in the animal kingdom. Conversely, the degeneration of the bond between the antler and the pedicle, the bony platform above the frontal bone of the skull on which antlers grow, is the fastest deterioration of tissue in the animal kingdom. This degeneration of tissue causes the antlers to loosen and fall off in complete sets.

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• Antlers are the bony growths that sit atop the heads of more than 60 kinds of deer, including moose, elk, reindeer and caribou. All of these animals are hoofed ruminants of the Cervidae family. Ruminants include cows, sheep, goats and giraffes and all have four-part stomachs.

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• After three or four months of growth, antlers can reach a span of 7 feet and a weight of more than 45 pounds. Antlers serve as a sort of “badge of courage.” The animal with the biggest antlers, or rack, is usually the leader of the herd. Deer of all types use their antlers to fight and show dominance. When the antlers are in their time of quick growth, testosterone is at its highest levels. • Antlers are not hollow like the horns of cows and other animals. Horns are made of tubular filaments of keratin, which is what human hair and nails are made of. Only the rhinoceros has solid horns. Horns, unlike antlers, do not regenerate each year. They grow throughout an animal’s life, and if they are broken, they do not reform. Most animal horns have only one point. The pronghorn antelope is the exception with two points. Pronghorns also are different in that they shed their horns. • Antlers are made of a honeycombed bone-like tissue. They go through a time when they are covered with a thin skin of fine hairs called velvet. The velvet contains an extensive capillary (vein) network. If you were to touch growing antlers on a live deer, they would feel warm from the high level of blood flow. The antlers harden over time during the growth season, and the cartilage in the antlers becomes bone. Antlers start hardening at the base and the process continues rather quickly to the tip until they are completely hard.

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• Pedicles appear on young deer during their first year of life, appearing as small bumps or knobs. Each year when new antlers grow, the antlers get larger and longer, with more “branches.” You can tell a deer’s age by counting his branches.

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ANTLERS (continued): • When the velvet dries and hardens, the antlers have reached their full size. Deer rub and polish them against trees to keep them sharp and shiny and also rub trees when it is time for the antlers to shed. The antlers do not always fall off together. Sometimes one side will fall off, and the other side may fall off a day or so later.

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• When antlers are almost fully grown, during the heat of the summer, they serve an unusual purpose. With the large amount of blood running through them, the antlers “throw off” some of a deer’s body heat. How’s that for built-in air conditioning? Of all of the types of deer though, remember that the only females that grow antlers are caribou and reindeer. So, the poor females of the other types of deer don’t have air conditioning! • Many deer shed their antlers in about the same locations (called “antler sheds”) each year, and many hunters and artists search for the shed antlers. Collecting and selling the antlers is permitted in most areas. However, some states have enacted shed-hunting laws that only allow antlers to be gathered in certain areas at specific times, with large fines and even jail time as the penalties for those who break these laws. • Shed antler collecting is quite popular in the National Elk Refuge in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. The Jackson District Boy Scouts are issued a special permit one Saturday each spring to join the refuge staff in gathering elk antlers. The Scouts help sort, weigh, tag, bundle and sell the antlers at a public auction held in the Jackson Town Square each May.

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• Many antlers are used for art and home decor. Even if you aren’t interested in having a rack hanging in your living room, there are other antler creations that are especially appropriate for rustic cabins. Antlers are used to make chandeliers, lamps, tables, drawer pulls, doorknobs and more. Since antlers are shed every year, they are a great way to accent a space without harming nature. • When deer shed their antlers in late fall and winter, they often become food for small forest animals, especially rodents. Antlers have valuable calcium, salt and other nutrients that are important for the small critters’ survival. • There are several towns in North America that are named Antler or Antlers. Antlers, Oklahoma, was so named because someone nailed a rack of antlers on a tree marking a nearby stream in the 1800s. Antler, North Dakota, was probably named after Antler Creek, which branches out like antlers. In 1905, when it was incorporated, the town had 520 people; in the 2010 census, it had 27. Some other “antler” towns are Antler, Saskatchewan; Antlers, Virginia; and Antler, Missouri.

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