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  • Challenge Question #3

    Blue Hill Consolidated School (bhcs@downeast.net)
    Wed, 5 Mar 1997 10:59:03 -0500

    We think the females keep their antlers when they're pregnant for
    protection. They lose them when the calf is born so they don't hurt the
    calf.
    The males keep their antlers when the females don't have theirs to
    protect the herd. They also need them during the mating season to see who
    will mate with the females.

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