Polite Deer Bows Head To Receive Treats

This deer is so gentle and polite! He has been taught to bow his head to ask for food. This video was taken in Nara Deer Park in Japan. In this 1600 acre park, over a thousand friendly deer have all learned to bow like this. It has become a popular tourist attraction and many vendors around the park sell “deer cookies” which are healthy for the deer. Feeding them other food is discouraged. It is free to enter and explore the park. This park could be the only park with the most polite deer in the world. The park is home to hundreds of freely roaming deer. Considered in Shinto to be messengers of the gods, Nara's nearly 1200 deer have become a symbol of the city and have even been designated as a natural treasure. Nara's deer are surprisingly tame, although they can be aggressive if they think you will feed them. deer
crackers are for sale around the park, and some deer have learned to bow to visitors to ask to be fed.

The courteous deer can be seen seen bowing to a man offering her food every time the deer takes a tasty snack from him. The video shows the kindly young man extending his hand, holding out what appears to be small cookies and he gratefully takes the morsel, nibbling happily. As the animal-lover straightens up he bows at the speckled creature. Every time the man gives him biscuits, he repeats the gesture of respect bending his majestic head towards the ground. Having learnt what to do to get his hooves on more treats, the well-mannered deer bows back at the generous young man every time he proffers a biscuit, sometimes without even finishing chewing.

He also isn't half-hearted with the gesture, and bows his head so far down that his imposing antlers nearly graze the ground. But soon the man’s food supply runs out and he holds out his empty hands to signify there are no more snacks to be eaten. He leaves the deer by making a Japanese greeting and the deer understands that his visitor parts ways with him. He just looks at him knowing that he will not come back and the deer will have to wait for another visitor to amaze.

Did you know that there are over 60 different species of deer worldwide. Deer are present on all continents except Antarctica. All species of deer have antlers, with the exception of the Chinese water deer. Each year, antlers fall off and regrow. As they regrow, they are covered in a furry coat called velvet. Have a look at this amazing video filmed in Bernville, Pennsylvania when a four-years-old Buck is shedding his velvet. Bucks shed their antlers between January and April, depending upon many factors including the animal’s age and the latitude at which it lives, after the mating season concludes. Fortunately for the deer, shedding antlers causes them no discomfort. This video shows a deer frantically trying to free himself and forcefully trying to launch itself away from the fence.