- That's right!
It's another Amazing Animal Facts with Zoogene.
This is the show where I'm surprised by an awesome animal,
and I share some interesting facts about them
while I try to keep it together.
This is the purest goodest form of Eugene you're gonna get.
♪ Amazing Animal Facts with Zoogene ♪
♪ He's gonna meet an animal and learn about it ♪
♪ And try to tell you facts while he gets distracted ♪
♪ Amazing Animal Facts with Zoogene ♪
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Now back to my new best friend!
Sorry, Kimmy.
I'll bite your toes off!
I thought I was your best friend!
Did everyone forget about me?
I'm here too, guys.
(Zoogene laughing)
Oh, I don't want people think I'm crazy.
Close my eyes?
- [Man] Close your eyes.
- Yay.
I actually usually really hate surprises.
I don't like being surprised.
In fact, I want people to tell me beforehand
if there's a surprise party so I can act like I'm surprised.
I will play a game where I listen
for audio cues of what this could be.
(Zoogene gasping)
(man laughing)
All right.
So whatever it is, unless that was the trainer,
is gently nibbling my thigh. (man laughing)
I'm assuming it's the animal who gave me that love butt.
(Zoogene gasping)
(bright music)
And it's a fawn.
- A piece of apple.
- It's a fawn.
Hi.
Oh, my.
I love dear.
I love dear, y'all.
What's her name?
- This is Willow.
- Hi, Willow.
She's so friendly.
- Yeah.
She likes food.
- [Zoogene] How old is she?
- She is five months old.
- [Zoogene] Five months old.
- Yeah.
- And what type of deer is she?
- She is a fallow deer.
- Fallow deer. - Mm-hmm.
- In the fallow, fallow.
Is it okay to go on her level?
- Yeah, for sure.
- Hey, Willow.
Wow, you're a sweetheart.
- [Trainer] And she won't bite you, you don't have
to worry about that.
- She's like Bambi.
What?
Don't listen to me, don't.
I should not say that in a deer's presence.
So how long do the fawns keep their spots usually?
- [Trainer] So, the fallow deer, they're one
of the exceptions in deer that they will keep the spots
throughout their life.
The spots on fallow don't disappear.
- Her fur feels like a million little ducks.
(Zoogene laughing)
She's very soft.
Here you go.
Oh, you're so cute!
People always get mad at me
when I talk about how I don't like babies very much,
but when you're competing with this, it's like, come on.
This is like Vogue Italia.
This is top tier modeling.
This is a beautiful baby.
I guess I should say some facts, huh?
I got really distracted.
While a group of deer's often called a herd of deer,
a group of roe deer is called a bevy.
A bevy of beauties.
- [Trainer] I'll give you a bunch of treats,
and you can just kind of ration them out.
- Here you go, Willow.
- [Trainer] I know there's more in that hand.
- Male deer grow antlers every year,
the antlers fall off in the winter,
and then female deer cannot grow antlers.
It's okay, you don't need them because you're beautiful
just the way you are.
Here.
No, magic, this way.
There you go, girl.
There you go.
Good girl!
You're so pretty.
Aw, you're so sweet.
You're so sweet.
She's like, "That's not food.
(Zoogene and trainer laughing)
Where's the food?"
A whitetail deer is capable of running of speeds up
to 35 miles per hour for several miles.
Dang!
That's fast, right, Willow?
That's fast.
Okay, wait.
Wait.
Over here.
Moose and caribou are part of the deer family.
Moose are the largest species of deer.
A part of the deer family?
Moose are like, if God got a deer
and poured energy drink all over it.
(Zoogene laughing)
Like, they went up and out.
Like, this is a gentle little green tea,
and moose are like monster energy.
But they are.
That's my shirt.
(Zoogene laughing)
Does she like to eat fabric too?
- [Trainer] Oh, yeah.
The softer, the better.
- This is soft fabric.
There are 51 different species of deer.
Antarctica is one of the few regions
where deer cannot live due to the freezing cold conditions.
Yeah, not many animals on Antarctica.
You like it more.
Yes, you do.
Is this like for dogs too?
- Yeah.
- She's so small!
(trainer laughing)
Have you ever just been tempted
to just take her down a walk, like, on the street
just real quick and see if anyone goes,
"is that weird-looking dog."
(trainer and Zoogene laughing)
- It'd be a very, very slow walk.
- Hold on, patience, patience, patience.
And-
- [Trainer] She doesn't know patience.
- In the hand, there you go.
Good girl.
Here we go.
Did you know that deer are very good swimmers?
Did you know that?
Can you swim?
I don't know why, but out of all the animals so far,
I'm talking to her like she's my daughter.
(Zoogene laughing)
Did you know that?
Do you know you could swim?
Deer eyesight is not so great.
Aww, it's a sad fact.
Scientists estimate deer have 20/100 vision.
This means that the level of detail whitetail see
at 20 feet is what normal human vision can see back
to 100 feet.
Wow!
Okay, wait.
So if I stand like way back here, can she see me?
Willow, can you see me?
I don't think she can see me.
(Zoogene laughing)
I'm perfectly camouflaged into this wall.
The shortness of their legs makes
for a very interesting body design overall.
That is rude.
(Zoogene laughing)
I also have short legs compared to my torso,
so we're in the same boat, Willow.
Which one is it?
(Zoogene gasping)
You're right!
You're so right!
So I grew up in Texas, and my father lives near the woods
where there's tons of deer.
- Yeah.
- And so, one time when I was back there,
I found a baby fawn that was just by itself on the lawn.
And he doesn't have any mom or dad around.
And I made the mistake of, it followed me.
Everytime I try to walk away,
he keeps walking back towards me.
- [Trainer] Yeah.
- And then I was Instagram storing about it,
and then lots of experts were like, "Oh, if you touched it,
make sure you get it just back to where it was.
The mother probably is gonna come back for it."
So I put the deer back where I found it,
and I sat in the bushes and waited for three hours.
And eventually the mother came back.
It was a wonderful story.
But I did feel like I was like, "I'm a father now.
I guess my whole life will change,
and I will take care of this baby deer."
- They're very peaceful animals.
- Yeah.
Why would anyone do anything bad to deer?
Look how cute and sweet she is.
Even though the males are ready for mating
when they are a couple of years old, they average four years
of age before they are able to do so.
It takes approximately that long for them
to develop the antlers to attract females,
to fight dominant males, and have the courage to fight
with other males instead of walking away.
Is she your favorite?
- Yeah, pretty much.
(Zoogene and trainer laughing)
- I can tell, she's so sweet.
Over here.
Here you go, Willow.
This one, this one, this one.
Over here, good girl.
What's her favorite?
- Grapes. - Grapes.
- It's like crack.
- Oh, look, I got a grape for you.
Oh, yeah, that's right.
That's right.
She has such a soft muzzle.
- [Trainer] Yeah.
Her cheeks are like the softest part of her.
- Yeah.
And so are mine.
That's why I'm sitting on them.
Okay.
Today we are going to learn patience.
Today, Willow, we are going to learn patience.
Patience is when you calmly wait for something
to be given to you without demanding it immediately.
And patience is a virtue that even fallow deer can learn.
Or I can just give you this apple.
Okay, that's cool too.
Next time you see a deer, be nice to it
because they're so cute.
Oh, my God, you're so cute.
Okay.
Well, this has been another amazing animal.
Join us next time where I meet another awesome creature
from this earth.
Willow, thank you for being here with me,
you are a superstar.
And until next time, be kind to animals and one another.
Right, Willow?
She wants more food.
(Zoogene laughing)
Bye, bye.
Say bye, Willow.
♪ Amazing Animal Facts with Zoogene ♪
♪ He met an animal and learned about it ♪
♪ He told us facts ♪
You've done such a good job,
I'm gonna give you a whole-ass grape.
You ready?
No, this hand, here we go.
Over here.
Oh!
That's nice, right?
- [Man] There you go.