tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11591969797156832.post3707301932705637459..comments2016-12-09T14:32:43.442-08:00Comments on Austin Suburbia . . . Urban Chicago : Is This A Buck That Shed Its Antlers?Jean Spitzerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13520415864511680025noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11591969797156832.post-59422039103855196422011-01-22T15:53:08.603-08:002011-01-22T15:53:08.603-08:00Nope. Antlers are bone when fully grown and miner...Nope. Antlers are bone when fully grown and mineralized. <br /><br />The wikipedia article is interesting. It describes antlers as "one of the most exaggerated cases of male secondary sexual traits in the animal kingdom": I love it. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AntlerJean Spitzerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13520415864511680025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11591969797156832.post-61601781775555179882011-01-22T08:29:38.973-08:002011-01-22T08:29:38.973-08:00Thanks for the info -- news to me! Antlers must be...Thanks for the info -- news to me! Antlers must be skin, then, and not bone?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com