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Keywords: deer, caribou, bony, shed, velvet

antlers are found on members of the deer family (Cervidae). They consist of bone and are shed each year. New antlers grow each spring and are covered by skin (called velvet) which has blood vessels that carry nutrients to the growing antler. In the fall of the year the skin dies and is rubbed off on bushes and saplings. Antlers are typically found only on males, except in the caribou.

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These are distinct from the permanent horns of species such as cattle, sheep, and goats. Composed of bone, not horn (keratin), they grow anew each year from pedicies, which are permanent outgrowths of the frontal bones of the skull. They are shed in September/October and new growth starts almost immediately.

ees.adelaide.edu.au

Pair of bony outgrowths on the head of a male deer

basc.org.uk

fast-growing bone that is shed each year; grown by male members of the deer family and also by female caribou

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Bony growths from the head of members of the deer family such as black-tailed deer and elk. They are shed and regrown every year, requiring large amounts of calcium.

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Antlers are bony growths from the ...

handsontheland.org

bony protuberances which are grown and shed each year by males (and female caribou) of the deer family. Horns differ from antlers in being permanent: they keep growing for the whole of an animal's lifetime.

togiak.fws.gov

branched bony growths on the head of animals in the deer family. They are covered with velvet skin and are shed each year.

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Keywords: cornamenta

cornamenta

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Keywords: titties, flapjack, nipples, sharp, flat

Wide, flat, flapjack titties that come to a sharp point at the nipples.

glossaryofperversion.com

Keywords: headdress, chiefs, title, his, community

These are placed on the chiefs headdress to show title in his community.

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