{"id":20396,"date":"2016-10-19T16:12:02","date_gmt":"2016-10-19T15:12:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.diaryofanadi.co.uk\/?p=20396"},"modified":"2016-10-19T16:12:02","modified_gmt":"2016-10-19T15:12:02","slug":"dumbing-down-deer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/diaryofanadi.co.uk\/?p=20396","title":{"rendered":"Dumbing Down Deer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The local BBC News site had a warning after some local troglodytes were seen waving bags at stags in Wollaton Park. Bear in mind that it is the rutting season, and the last thing any sane person needs is a pair of deer antlers up their backside.<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Stags fighting\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 524px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 524\/270;border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: left; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 5px 10px 5px 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Stags fighting\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.diaryofanadi.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/stags.jpg\" width=\"524\" align=\"left\" height=\"270\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\"><\/p>\n<p>But this bit is funny:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Kath George, museum assistant at Wollaton Hall, said\u2026<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Our advice is always the same, no matter what the season, or whether the deer have children with them &#8211; DO NOT approach them! <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They are wild animals\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>I always thought a young deer was a fawn. But it seems that we\u2019re now anthropomorphising them for some reason.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The local BBC News site had a warning after some local troglodytes were seen waving bags at stags in Wollaton Park. Bear in mind that it is the rutting season, and the last thing any sane person needs is a pair of deer antlers up their backside. 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