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Sleeping baby


Sleeping baby
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Copyright: Tom and Martina Trnka Dobis (DOBIS) Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 126 W: 16 N: 170] (632)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2006-06-04
Categories: Mammals
Camera: Sony Cyber-shot DSC-H1, Hama Close-up +4
Exposure: f/3.2, 1/15 seconds
More Photo Info: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2006-06-05 6:09
Viewed: 1552
Points: 20
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
Hello,
this sleeping baby hind we have found in the forest near Prague. It was very young baby,
maximun 10 days old and just fits into my two open hands.
I tought the scream that I heard belonged to some bird, but it was not.
I was trying to find the bird in the bush, and I almost stepped on this baby. It was still screaming for its mother.

In couple of minutes we are going in to same place to check it, and make another photos.
So wish me luck.

Have a nice day and thanks for looking.
This serie is my best.
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class - Mammalia
order - Artiodactyla
family - Cervidae
genus - Capreolus
species - Capreolus capreolus
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Geographic Range
The roe deer is found throughout Europe and Asia Minor, except in the islands of Corsica and Sardinia, Lebanon, Isreal, Ireland and the eastern margin of eastern Europe. Their distribution was reduced and their range fragmented on account of hunting and other types of human interference between the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Capreolus capreolus is classified as a telemetacarpalian. It is a small deer with a long neck minus a mane, relatively large ears (12-14 cm), a rudimentary tail (2-3 cm) and no preorbital glands. In the winter the coloration ranges from grayish-brown to dark brown. A large white caudal patch is present. In summer, they are reddish to red-brown. Males develop a thickened skin on their head, neck and anterior portion of the trunk. The caudal patch mentioned previously is either absent or less pronounced than in the winter. The top of the head is gray or brown and the metatarsal glands are brown or dark brown. Roe deer molt twice a year in spring and in autumn. The kids of this species are spotted.
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Mass
22 to 30 kg
(48.4 to 66 lbs)
Length
107 to 126 cm
(42.13 to 49.61 in)
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Food Habits
Roe deer consume apporximately 1,000 plant species in their range. Of these species, the percentage breakdown of plant type is as follows: 25% woody plants, 54% herbaceous dicotyledons and 16% monocotyledons. They may eat the needles of coniferous trees, but this usually only happens in winter when all other food sources are scarce. They are selective feeders, with a preference for energy-rich foods that are soft and contain large amounts of water. Due to their small stomach size and rapid digestion process, they require frequent food intake. They normally have between five and eleven separate feeding periods in a day. They may feed at hour intervals during periods of optimal food availability.

Source: www.animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu

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We were on the same place today, and this little baby died during the night.
I called to some veterinary office and they told me, that it happend maybe for poisoning or something... Very sad matter.
Tomas
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Hello Tomas, great shot. Perfect details, Bg, POV, DOF, perfect Job, TFS Kyle

Hello Tomas,
Nice capture of this baby deer. So adorable. Very good POV and composition. TFS
JC

Hey, this one is great! You're so lucky! It's in the nature also! I admired you Tomas! Ohhh! But so sad story also! I read it just now! Life has some rules! Thank you!
Ersin

btw you uploaded some great shots these days, I didn't visit so much TN in last days, so I got your posts just now! I like all of them really!

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  • AndyB Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1391 W: 32 N: 1350] (3982)
  • [2006-06-05 18:38]

Hello Tomas,
A great shot but I'm sorry to hear that it has since died...very sad.
Very good detail and dof here.
TFS

what kidness.
well done.

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  • manyee Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3064 W: 231 N: 6154] (21022)
  • [2006-06-05 22:02]

What a sad story, Tomas. : (
You took a great picture of this baby deer in his last moments.
I hope he did not suffer much.
TFS. ; )

Hi Tomas. A lovely image, but a very sad story. You said that it 'just fits into my two open hands'. Did you pick it up? This would probably explain why the fawn was abandoned.
Deer are incredibly sensitive to smell and if their scent has been disrupted they will not return to their young. Deer have been known to wander off for a couple of hours, but will always (wherever possible) return. If you had not touched the deer at all then I apologise (in advance) for the above assumption.
A nice sharp image, good dof, although you look quite close for an animal in the wild. I would have been tempted to stay further back as they are incredibly nervous animals.

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  • Dando Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor [C: 637 W: 32 N: 792] (3084)
  • [2006-06-06 5:15]

Hi Tomas, cute shot. Good details, colours and lighting. Also good notes, very sad though to hear of this deer's fate, your photo is a good tribute to it's short life. TFS.
Dean.

Hi Tomas,
Excellent!!!
Very well color and details. I like it.
Very nice job.
TFS Malgosia

adorable and innocent looking. Well taken Tomas.

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