CouesWhitetail Report post Posted December 24, 2009 check out this video: http://www.pbs.org:80/wgbh/pages/frontline...inwi10s22a3q81f Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SilentButDeadly Report post Posted December 24, 2009 A family friend of ours has a farm up there, he's got a great white buck he's been watching for a few years. (I'll ask permission to post a pic) T Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
willhunt4coues Report post Posted December 24, 2009 Very NEET thanks for sharing. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Faster Daddy! Report post Posted December 24, 2009 That would make an awesome trophy! Thanks for sharing. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Coues Archer Report post Posted December 25, 2009 Wow. That is very intresting thanks for sharing. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tjhunt2 Report post Posted December 25, 2009 What a beautiful animal. I'm glad they are protected. Thanks for sharing Amanda. TJ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Coach Report post Posted December 25, 2009 Very cool! I'm also glad to hear that they are protected. Thanks for posting this Amanda. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SilentButDeadly Report post Posted December 25, 2009 here he is: Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bonecollector Report post Posted December 25, 2009 That's a sweet lookin buck Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jimmer Negamanee Report post Posted December 25, 2009 That's awesome! It raises some interesting evolutionary questions. One one hand you have questions of natural selection like does being white confer an advantage over being brown when it comes to evading predators in winter and if so, does that overcome the potential disadvantages of being white when it comes to evading predators the other 9+ months of the year? (I would think not or else the majority of whitetails in northern latitudes would already be white, but, I'm no scientist.) Then on the other hand unnatural, human selection appears to be occuring by providing food for poulations of white deer and making illegal to kill them. Interesting, indeed. Irrespective of that, they are very cool looking. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
C.O.U.E.S. Report post Posted December 26, 2009 ....very cool link, awesome look'n animals.... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SilentButDeadly Report post Posted December 26, 2009 These deer are not being selected based on any competitive advantage; Albinism is a disorder that comes with alot of other genetic damage and risk of illness and disease. The increasing population of these deer is probably due to the fact that they are not being selected (i.e. killed) by natural predators (wolves or lions), or human hunters. That's awesome! It raises some interesting evolutionary questions. One one hand you have questions of natural selection like does being white confer an advantage over being brown when it comes to evading predators in winter and if so, does that overcome the potential disadvantages of being white when it comes to evading predators the other 9+ months of the year? (I would think not or else the majority of whitetails in northern latitudes would already be white, but, I'm no scientist.) Then on the other hand unnatural, human selection appears to be occuring by providing food for poulations of white deer and making illegal to kill them. Interesting, indeed. Irrespective of that, they are very cool looking. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest 300ultramag. Report post Posted December 26, 2009 THAT WHOLE VIDEO IS FAKE AND PHOTOSHOPPED~ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
