This is probably my favorite picture at Wekiwa. There were three white-tailed deer in all. Despite the constant influx of people into the park, they still seemed skittish and wary of me and my class. I actually took this photo from the car with the window rolled down.
These Wekiwa deer are not native to the park; they were brought in from the north by hunters hoping to replenish the local supply. But the deer that were brought in had large antlers suitable for the mountains of North Carolina and Tennessee, not the dense swamps of Florida, so the antlers constantly caught on branches here and caused many "deer accidents." Today, however, the antlers have become smaller and closer to the head, so it isn't the problem like it used to be.
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