Red deer stags fighting
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Red deer stags (Cervus elaphus) fighting in the rut. If those weren't antlers, they would be locking horns. These are two young red deer stags with no prospect of reproducing in this year's rut. They are practising for the big time, with antlers intertwined. You can see which stag is the stronger – the left-hand animal has forced over the other so that one antler is sticking into the ground. When two people fight the talk is of locking horns. This is the stag equivalent, more spiky and dangerous.
Bellowing red deer stag (Cervus elaphus). It is the first week in October 2011, and the rut is underway. This red deer stag (Cervus elaphus) has his work cut out, keeping his harem together while trying to attract more females. On this particular autumn day southern England enjoyed an Indian summer, and the stags were exhausted by 10 in the morning.