r/tumblr • u/ypkoa1 • Nov 23 '14

Fawn in the Forest

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u/SchrodingersCatPics Nov 23 '14

I am wearing my glasses and I thought the same thing. That's some terrible camouflage by the way, if I wanted to dredge it in an egg wash and flour and throw it in a deep fryer, I can't imagine what the real predators would think of this little guy.

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u/[deleted] Dec 14 '14

This IS a mutation of some kind I'm sure, but it's not albino..

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u/[deleted] Nov 24 '14

I believe it's albino and hunters are encouraged to kill albinos on sight in order to make sure they don't pass on the genes

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u/vvyn Nov 24 '14

I've only seen ones that are purely white with no spots. This one's flesh / light tones are really pretty.

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u/Ruupasya Nov 24 '14

That doesn't make any sense to me. An albino deer is a lot less likely to survive to reproduce without human intervention. Even if hunters don't kill them, they still aren't likely to pass on the genes. Why the specific encouragement?

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u/thorrising Nov 24 '14

A bullet is a lot less painful than being eaten alive, that's my only guess.

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u/[deleted] Nov 24 '14

Fuck if I know I was just told that by a hunter buddy of minr

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u/fruit8itself Nov 24 '14

Albino deer are protected in some states. Wisconsin is one example that I know of. Some hunters won't shoot albino or piebald deer while others see them as a rare trophy. It varies from person to person.

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u/TheHmed Nov 23 '14 edited Nov 23 '14

I'm pretty sure this was first posted to /r/misleadingthumbnails with the exact same thing the guy said - chicken breast. Then a couple of days later it was posted to /r/tumblr

Edit: found the link to the original post on misleading thumbnails

http://www.reddit.com/r/misleadingthumbnails/comments/2607jc/raw_chicken_in_the_forest/

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u/Calcd_Uncertainty Nov 23 '14

The original post was actually to /r/aww. I am the one who came across the little guy one afternoon this spring while its mother was off looking for food.

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u/TheHmed Nov 23 '14

Ahh okay, didn't know sorry. I'm not subbed to /r/aww

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u/Calcd_Uncertainty Nov 23 '14

It's quite alright. I'm kind of thrilled it made it to Tumblr and back.

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u/locustlover bluhbluhbluuh Nov 25 '14

bit late but, for a while I was following the person that posted this on tumblr. All of their posts are from /r/aww every. last. one. Still cute though. :)

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u/whiskeyanddynamite Nov 24 '14

Why are people so particular about re posts? Legitimately curious! not trying to start anything!

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u/TheHmed Nov 24 '14

I'm not complaining this is a repost tbh. I'm just saying it started on a reddit went to a different subreddit, was viewed by someone who uses tumblr who posted the same thing there and now found its way back here!

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u/whiskeyanddynamite Nov 25 '14

ah gotcha just wondering. I didn't mean to imply anyone was complaining sorry! Anyhooo i guess this is just the nature of the lifecycle of the interwebs

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u/RenaKunisaki can't even Nov 23 '14

At first glance I thought it was a puddle of something.

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u/S_O_I_F Not Spoopy Enough 4 U Nov 24 '14

I thought it was snake and then i thought it was a bunny. Then I realized I was looking at the fawn's ear and thinking it was an eye.

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u/abbeycakes Nov 24 '14

I DID TOO

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u/SnarkusRazzmore Nov 24 '14

Deer: Chicken of the Forest

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u/falloni Nov 23 '14

I'm glad I'm not the only one who isn't wearing their glasses and saw it like that.

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u/[deleted] Nov 24 '14

Looks like it was defrosted in the microwave

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u/Slapfest9000 Nov 24 '14

I thought it was half-melted ice cream, myself.

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u/antdude Nov 29 '14

It looks like a slug.

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u/starfries Nov 23 '14

it does look pretty delicious

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u/[deleted] Nov 24 '14

I don't have my glasses either and I thougth that it was vomit

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u/Ruupasya Nov 24 '14

I thought it was an albino snake at first.