Waiting for a Handout
These deer on Fire Island are so tame, they just hang around, waiting for handouts. No question, these bucks are beautiful. But, it gets a bit tiring seeing them so used to humans and human garbage that they have lost all fear of us. We didn't feed him when we were there, which is completely illegal, but it doesn't stop him from standing there at the deck and begging like a dog. Hell, I don't even let my dog beg like that when I eat dinner at home. So, I guess he wasn't begging like a dog, my dog, but instead begging like a ............... deer. 
posted by Dusty Dog at
10/20/2005
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From the photo you included, it looks like there was enough greenery around him to satisfy his hunger. Perhaps they are learning from the 'human garbage' you speak of, learning to be selfish and take from others what you do not need.
So much can be learnt from observing animals... so much that would make us all better human beings.
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