Oh Deer -- getting high on nitrous "naturally"
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[In a clip shot and uploaded to YouTube by JS Project Wild, a bunch of deer are shown having a big ol’ whippet party thanks to their discovery of a giant pile of decomposing leaves, which naturally produces nitrous oxide emissions. The first part of the video sees a lone deer digging at the snow-covered leaves, sticking its snout down in, then hopping around in delight. Over the selection of scenes that follow, taken in various seasons, we see whole groups of the animals wilding out on the fumes. They jump into each other, sprint back and forth like maniacs, and rear up to shadow box each other.
“Want to see deer lose their minds and act accordingly?” the video description reads, explaining that the channel’s owner has a “huge” decomposing pile that includes some leaves dating back over four years.
“I periodically ‘stir’ the pile with my loader tractor,” the write-up continues. “However, [if] the leaves on the top are dry the deer will actually dig down to the rotting leaves and then inhale. It’s crazy—at different times in the video you will actually see them do this.”]
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Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: El Nino
So who is bringing the pile
So who is bringing the pile of dead leaves to the next show?
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Don Volume
I wouldn't tangle with the
I wouldn't tangle with the Dead Leaf Mafia, they probably have garden tools.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Philzone Refugee
Bambi gets all the hetty lot
Bambi gets all the hetty lot drugs.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: GDTRFB
"...if a deer trips in the
"...if a deer trips in the woods..."
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Sun so hot, clouds so low
Meanwhile they are getting
Meanwhile they are getting covered in ticks to spread in your hood. That's part of the deal they brokered with the devil. "Ticks for nitrous, ice cold!"
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Alan R
decomposing tree leaves are a
decomposing tree leaves are a dangerous gateway drug...next thing you know those deer are skipping class and hanging out behind the high school bleachers...
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Dr. Benway
next thing you know those
ive heard lots of stories of deer eating cannabis plants and causing significant damage, but they have never really harmed mine, and most of my gardens have been accessible by our local deer if they wanted to get in. the real danger is that they knock over plants or break branches IME. if you find one hopped your fence and is in your enclosed garden, open the fence and get the fuck out of there as quietly as possible - the last thing you want is to spook them and have them frantically running from one side of the garden to the other looking for an escape route. there is a much higher risk of damage trying to chase them out of an enclosure vs letting a single deer nibble some of your branches before finding their way out thru the open gate on their own. not to mention deer are so stupid they might literally kill themselves trying to blindly push themselves thru a metal fence. sometimes they will just charge into it as hard as they can and continue to try and press thru it with all their strength. if there are exposed edges of the wire or anything like that they will just impale themselves and continue trying to push thru the fence if they are spooked enough. if you have a janky wire fence with exposed/sharp edges and a spooked deer runs into the right part of it, they can come close to tearing themselves apart trying to get thru it and escape.
however, on one garden, he had a terraced hillside with the sloped parts covered in clover. i would frequently wake up to find a few small, airy buds nibbled off of a lower banch, and then right next to it, a large area of clover totally devoured - as if one deer figured out nibbling a few buds gave him the munchies, so he'd sneak in at night, nibble the equivalent of a few dried grams, and then go absolutely ham on the clover.