Feeding the fawns-Catoctin Wildlife Preserve and Zoo - Thurmont MD
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Don.Morfe
N 39° 35.382 W 077° 25.716
18S E 291448 N 4385037
Catoctin Wildlife Preserve and Zoo houses many animal species in its wooded surroundings. Visitors can see bears, tigers, kangaroos and fauna from Asia, Australia and other regions of the globe.
Waymark Code: WM15B3Q
Location: Maryland, United States
Date Posted: 11/27/2021
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We fed the fawns. A Fawn is a deer that is less than one year old.
The food that was given to the fawns was obtained from a vending machine on site.
We enjoyed seeing all the various animals especially the bears.
From Wikipedia:
"Deer or true deer are hoofed ruminant mammals forming the family Cervidae. The two main groups of deer are the Cervinae, including the muntjac, the elk (wapiti), the red deer, and the fallow deer; and the Capreolinae, including the reindeer (caribou), white-tailed deer, the roe deer, and the moose. Male deer of all species (except the Chinese water deer) as well as female reindeer, grow and shed new antlers each year. In this they differ from permanently horned antelope, which are part of a different family (Bovidae) within the same order of even-toed ungulates (Artiodactyla)."
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From the Catoctin Wildlife Preserve website below:
Catoctin Wildlife Preserve welcomes you with natural ponds, lush landscaping, and wandering Ambass-zoo-dors, eager to indulge inquisitive guests. Get curious about everything from bears to boas, macaws to monkeys, panthers to pythons, and alligators to zebra.
These amazing animals are our extended family and vital ambassadors for their species. Through our personal style of exhibits and education, we know that they will be your extended family too.