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[–] [email protected] 28 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Unlike horns, which like finger nails grow from the base, antlers are basically bones.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Bone that falls off after the mating season and regrows the next spring

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

It always weirds me out that antlers just fall off. Like, bone isn't supposed to do that for us. What if we randomly shed bones every year?

[–] FrostyTheDoo 5 points 1 year ago

Hey I have one of those too!