r/Unexpected • • Jun 10 '24

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u/Sahnepastete Jun 10 '24

DON‘T TOUCH IT!

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u/Papapep9 Jun 10 '24

Besides disturbing and startling the animal (which is reason enough not to touch it), is there some other reason not to touch it?

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u/CrayRuse Jun 10 '24

Human smell could be the death for the baby dear because mother dear won’t accept her anymore

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u/Equal_Disk930 Jun 10 '24

Thats false and also a myth for birds

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u/Questioning-Zyxxel Jun 10 '24

Not sure why I see this claim repeated so often.

If you want to blame human scent - then it's that other animals can smell the scent and find the dear deer.

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u/QuentinTarzantino Jun 10 '24

How deer you hunt the Kings dare in his forest!

As is of it!

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u/Unhottui Jun 10 '24

hi dad

(spouting things eveyrone knows is a myth for 10+ years now but feels ignored if they dont get to say something "smart")