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IN reference to the opinions recently expressed in your journal regarding the disappearance of the horns of stags, deer, &c., I may mention that this is usually attributed here to the action of rodents rather than of the deer themselves. Even if a deer should occasionally be seen gnawing a horn it would be very difficult to account for the disappearance of all the annual crop of antlers in this way. From the nature of their dentition (having no incisor teeth in the upper jaw) the destruction of such a mass of hard material must be very difficult. Moreover slight examination will show whether the tooth marks are those of the large teeth of a deer or of the small incisors of a rodent.
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CLAYPOLE, E. Stags' Horns. Nature 22, 146 (1880). https://doi.org/10.1038/022146b0
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