Sunday 4 August 2013

Giant Hands

6 comments:

Kj said...

To nitpick a bit; the tag says reindeer, but the colour and spots suggests the calf is a fallow deer.

Mark Wadsworth said...

Kj, maybe, but given the size of a baby fallow deer, how big are those hands?

Kj said...

Have no idea. Such pictures should include matchbox/fag-packet for size calibration.

Mark Wadsworth said...

Kj, ah yes, but you can easily make a giant matchbox etc. That doesn't help.

JuliaM said...

Not necessarily a fallow - quite a few deer species have these camouflage markings when first born.

This seems to be the source page:

http://marinestla.centerblog.net/rub-animaux-.html

The pronounced brow eidges makes me suspect muntjac:

https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=deer+hands&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=dD__UbesPOiy0QXZgYHoDA&ved=0CEAQsAQ&biw=1280&bih=899#tbm=isch&sa=1&q=muntjac+fawn&oq=muntjac+fawn&gs_l=img.3..0.3833.7609.0.7804.14.11.1.2.2.0.106.617.10j1.11.0....0...1c.1.23.img..0.14.637.FtGsw2uyMqY&bav=on.2,or.r_qf.&bvm=bv.50165853%2Cd.d2k%2Cpv.xjs.s.en_US.seW1cfrvSKg.O&fp=b921373ecd1798be&biw=1280&bih=899&imgdii=phVzxMk0VChJzM%3A%3BzfnOQ-3M-m4VGM%3BphVzxMk0VChJzM%3A

Mark Wadsworth said...

JM, assuming they are not giant hands, it must be a very small deer, so muntjac sprang to mind.