What is the difference between antlers and horns

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The Difference Between Antlers and Horns
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Antlers

• Antlers shed each fall and grow back in the
  spring.
• In the spring antlers are covered with velvet,
  and composed of blood and nerves.

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Harvesting Velvet

• Occurs at 65 days of growth, after increased
  sunlight causes blood flow to stop and nerves to
  die.

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Antler Velvet Production
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Interesting Facts

• Must accumulate 50 or more pounds of calcium
  salts to grow antlers.
• Caribou and Reindeer only deer species that have
  females that bare antlers.

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Horns

• a keratinized sheath that covers a core of skull
  bone.
• Blood only runs an inch into the horn.

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Dehorning

• Dehorn when young.
• It is best to dehorn on cool dry days.

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Dehorning Continued
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Interesting Facts

• Batawana cattle horns can grow with enough weight
  and length to deform their skull.
• Horns never shed, but can be broken or cut off.

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Questions
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