Posted on 04/27/2014 11:00:19 PM PDT by goldstategop
A baby Java mouse-deer, one of the smallest hoofed animals in the world, has been born at a zoo in southern Spain.
The newborn deer is "no bigger than a hamster" and weighs about 100 grams, according to staff at Bioparc Fuengirola, in Andalusia.
Adult Java mouse-deer are rarely bigger than rabbits or weigh more than 1kg (2.2lb).
(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.com ...
The video at the link says it all.
Keep it away from Richard Gere and San Francisco.
Don’t let em loose in south Florida! Just sayin’.
Gee, the legs are so thin.
Too bad there wasn’t anything close by to give a real size comparison, other than the legs, which are obviously from a small animal.
Wow, I did not know such a creature existed!
Also on the BBC site is something I didn’t know was possible ,, a Goat-Sheep hybrid a “geep” ,,, http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-26882203
I'm sure the pythons would keep their numbers in check.
Half sheep, half muslim?..............
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