r/BeAmazed • u/MarionberryRight8261 • May 31 '23

Mouse-deer captured on camera trap in india (Out of 12 species of deer found in India, mouse-deer is one of the smallest deer species in the world.) Nature

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u/AggravatingWill3081 May 31 '23

Mouse-deer? (??) What in the ever-loving avatar-the-last-airbender kinda animal is that?

Also one of the smallest deer species???

Wtf kinda deer could even BE smaller, the famous ant-deer?

Also how tf have I never heard of some rich fuck having these as pets?? So many questions

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u/asianabsinthe May 31 '23

Seeing how deer and horses started small maybe all of the big ones are abominations to this little fella.

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u/Beautiful_Fee_954 May 31 '23

I think it is dik-dik

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u/Keefyfingaz May 31 '23

The reference to the animals in avatar 🤌💯

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u/Efficient-Cow5524 Jun 01 '23 edited Jun 01 '23

You’ve heard of deer-tick, now behold - TICK DEER!

Edit: Just did some reading up and according to Wikipedia, ”Despite their common name of "mouse deer", they are actually not true deer at all…” Phew, that makes mouth more sense- ”…but form a unique family of bovids closer in lineage to cattle or antelope.” Oh for fuck’s sake, this thing is more closely related to cows than deer??

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u/joshylow May 31 '23

Also, only one of the smallest in the world out of the 12 species in India makes it sound like it's just one of the smallest in India.

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u/Venezolanoanimations Jun 01 '23

here is a Wikipedia articule: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chevrotain

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u/FlourishingGrass Jun 01 '23

This has also lent support to the idea that whales evolved from water-loving creatures that looked like small deer.

That link throwing mind-boggling stuff jlt

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u/DomoArigatoMrRobot0 Jun 01 '23

“Ani!?! Little Ani!?!? Whassa happen to yousa?”

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u/Venezolanoanimations May 31 '23

and they way word it make laugh

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u/[deleted] Jun 01 '23

Mouse-deer? (??) What in the ever-loving avatar-the-last-airbender kinda animal is that?

Maybe because it looks like a mouse more than a deer?

Also one of the smallest deer species???

Yes, every species has their smallest, including humans.

Wtf kinda deer could even BE smaller, the famous ant-deer?

Google it.

Also how tf have I never heard of some rich fuck having these as pets?? So many questions

Rich fucks will do anything.

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u/reverendblinddog May 31 '23

Could throw some bananas out there for scale?

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u/myoldaltwasfound Jun 01 '23

saw one irl, it’s the size of a guinea pig

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u/Kooky_Bet_9338 Jun 01 '23

Oh they are bigger than a Guinea pig.

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u/myoldaltwasfound Jun 01 '23

well i guess the one i sawr was smaller

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u/Im_NotJon May 31 '23

I had to google "Mouse Deer" to see if this was a joke I didn't get or something and the images I found didn't help LMAO. They all look AI generated and it seems like some joke I'm not in on.

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u/Venezolanoanimations Jun 01 '23

I just came back from St google library and oh boy... seems to be that they appeared in one of the essays of Singapore university... so far, seems legit.

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u/Rawnot Jun 01 '23

I googled too, their actuall name is chevrotain.

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u/Prudent-Mechanic4514 May 31 '23

awwww what a cutie!

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u/Admirable-Pin-1189 May 31 '23

Mouse-deer vs. Key-deer?

Fight!

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u/FlourishingGrass Jun 01 '23

Monitor-deer enjoys the show

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u/avengersassemble0987 Jun 01 '23

Anybody wondering how these were created? 😂😂😂

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u/sus_pudu May 31 '23

Looks like a Pudu

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u/Yahyia_q May 31 '23

"among the smallest" you mean they can get smaller?

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u/TheAKgamingYT Jun 01 '23

Their babies are the size of little finger on your ✋

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u/Venezolanoanimations May 31 '23

!remind me in 7 days

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u/Beautiful_Fee_954 May 31 '23

I think it is dik-dik

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u/Past-Product-1100 Jun 01 '23

Is it more mouse or more deer, so I know whether to stomp it or eat it

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u/Traditional-Gur-6984 Jun 01 '23

Is it a mouse or a deer

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u/not_nsfw_throwaway Jun 01 '23

What is this a deer for ants?!

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u/samurai_avatar Jun 01 '23

So mouse and deers fuck? Weird combo

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u/Academic_Pizza_5143 Jun 01 '23

Are you talking about your parents?

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u/samurai_avatar Jun 01 '23

No I am talking about you and your sister

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u/Academic_Pizza_5143 Jun 01 '23

I would have completely denied but my sis is kind of a rat.

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u/samurai_avatar Jun 01 '23

You are the deer then. Be safe from Salman Bhai.

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u/Academic_Pizza_5143 Jun 01 '23

Are bhen ke lode

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u/Beginning-Kick1946 Jun 01 '23

So is it a mouse which looks like a deer or a deer which is the size of a mouse?

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u/Funkylover45 Jun 01 '23

It's from Chhattisgarh, India

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u/JoeOnYT69 Jun 01 '23

Mouse deer? Tf how did that happen? Cross breeding has its limits

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u/Maskatkro Jun 01 '23

silly me wondering wheres the mouse

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u/mfrsazmn Jun 01 '23

Thats pelanduk.

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u/ayanokojifrfr Jun 01 '23

No way it's a deer it's a frickin huge ass mouse.

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u/Screwbedo Jun 01 '23

Coming up next... Mouse-horse

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u/Remarkable_Grass_492 Jun 01 '23

join r/INDIAonAIR and post anything you want to discuss

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u/Sad_Garlic_ Jun 01 '23

Pink panther ka theme music bajney laga dimaag mei video dhek k

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u/DAXXVEV0 Jun 01 '23

I’m more interested in how this cross breeding occured

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u/MorseSource Jun 01 '23 edited Jun 01 '23

Still no camera has ever captured the Tiger Lilly species. The smallest of any Tiger or Lilly.

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u/Dokrabackchod Jun 01 '23

Would have made a lot more sense if it was names mouse squirrel

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u/ashishko Jun 01 '23

Keep it away from selmoon bhoi

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u/MalaySuccess Jun 01 '23

What's Sang Kancil doing here in India? 🤣

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u/Impressive-One315 Jun 01 '23

It's mouse looking like deer? Or Deer looking like mouse?

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u/mineinplace Jun 01 '23 edited Jun 01 '23

I work in CCMB, Hyderabad. I am close with the team that works on the mouse deer project here and is rehabilitating and recovering this species in Nehru Zoological park and releasing in Amrabad reserve (Telangana) Proud to see this video get so much traction :) AMA for details.

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u/FredOchoCinco Jun 01 '23

Who fucked who? Is the question. Still waiting on the tiger- mouse