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[–] Successful_Try543@feddit.de 28 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Unlike horns, which like finger nails grow from the base, antlers are basically bones.

[–] IWantToFuckSpez@kbin.social 18 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

Bone that falls off after the mating season and regrows the next spring

[–] atocci@kbin.social 8 points 10 months ago (1 children)

It always weirds me out that antlers just fall off. Like, bone isn't supposed to do that for us. What if we randomly shed bones every year?

[–] anothercatgirl@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 10 months ago

we do shed teeth tho, it's not that different.

[–] FrostyTheDoo@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago

Hey I have one of those too!