Learning about deer

Duration: 0:13:20

Genre: Animal | Children's | Educational | Nature

Year Published: 1981

Creator: Encyclopaedia Britannica Educational Corporation: Distributor | Indiana University Audio-Visual Center: Distributor | Institut für Film und Bild: Distributor

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Sound: sound

Description: Shows the birth of two fawns in spring, the doe's precautions to secure their safety, and the fawns' early imitations of their mother's behavior. Portrays a farmer who carries one of the fawns to safety after spying it from his tractor. Depicts the fawns as they frolick in the meadow and discusses the adaptive value of this playfulness. Highlights the mating ritual of doe and buck. Concludes as the doe leads her offspring into the forest at summer's end. Uses natural animal sounds as well as narration., Examines the habits and behavior of deer, focusing on a doe and her fawns. Follows the animals from birth in late spring to their retreat to the forest for winter, showing how the doe nurtures her young and the ways in which the fawns are naturally protected.

Complete Record: , Shows the birth of two fawns in spring, the doe's precautions to secure their safety, and the fawns' early imitations of their mother's behavior. Portrays a farmer who carries one of the fawns to safety after spying it from his tractor. Depicts the fawns as they frolick in the meadow and discusses the adaptive value of this playfulness. Highlights the mating ritual of doe and buck. Concludes as the doe leads her offspring into the forest at summer's end. Uses natural animal sounds as well as narration., Examines the habits and behavior of deer, focusing on a doe and her fawns. Follows the animals from birth in late spring to their retreat to the forest for winter, showing how the doe nurtures her young and the ways in which the fawns are naturally protected.NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.