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| Posted On: | 21-Jan-2003 |
| From: | "Janet Finch" [mstreknut.....com] |
| Subject: | Re: [roatan] mouse deer |
They keep a couple of these kind of deer at Fantasy Island. I have also seen them in a fenced in area at the home at the entrance to Fantasy Island. Very cute. >From: David Evans >Reply-To: roatan.....com >To: roatan.....com >Subject: Re: [roatan] mouse deer >Date: Mon, 20 Jan 2003 20:31:03 -0500 > >Sven: Just checked out the minature deer of the Florida Keys which is the >deer >I think you are referring to. These are definitely NOT the same deer as >that >found native to Roatan...see the Key deer photo at the Big Pine Key Deer >Preserve at : http://www.thefloridakeys.com/parks/deer.htm > >This Florida Key Deer does indeed look like a miniature Virginia White Tail >Deer...I grew up very near the Great Dismal Swamp...saw plenty of these >fellows >in my youth, and the minature ones in the Keys are NOT the same as those >I've >seen many times on Roatan. I am told by an old man on the island that as >recently as 29 years ago when I first bought our property these small deer >were >living all over it from the beaches on the south side to those on the >north...but as he told me..."Dey bees all gone now, mon...all gone!" > >All the best...dke > _____ MSN 8 helps eliminate e-mail viruses. Get 2 months FREE* /?page=features/virus | |
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