Herd of endangered deer venture into public view to feast on fresh grass after rain storms
- 5 years ago
This was the moment a herd of endangered deer emerged from a forest to graze on the fresh grass.
The family of Eld's deer scampered out of the woodland in Uthai Thani, Thailand, after heavy rain in recent days from Storm Podul.
The lush green grass is believed to have tempted the shy creatures into the open to for a feast - making for a rare sighting of the reclusive deer.
Footage from yesterday (September 5) morning shows the herd of 15 Eld's deer, including calves and the adults, walking across the grass to the amazement of park staff.
Nanthasak Wattnapanichsaid: "People always come here and wait to try and see the deer, but they hardly appear. However, this time they came out by themselves.
"The staff told me that the heavy rain had affected the ground, making it softer and greener, so they deer out to graze on the grass.''
In Thailand, there are two breeds of eld's deer - the Burmese brow-antlered deer, or Thamin, and the Thai brow-antlered deer, also known as Siamensis.
Both are endangered species. There are believed to be around 1,000 Thamin left in the wild and fewer than 100 Siamensis.
The family of Eld's deer scampered out of the woodland in Uthai Thani, Thailand, after heavy rain in recent days from Storm Podul.
The lush green grass is believed to have tempted the shy creatures into the open to for a feast - making for a rare sighting of the reclusive deer.
Footage from yesterday (September 5) morning shows the herd of 15 Eld's deer, including calves and the adults, walking across the grass to the amazement of park staff.
Nanthasak Wattnapanichsaid: "People always come here and wait to try and see the deer, but they hardly appear. However, this time they came out by themselves.
"The staff told me that the heavy rain had affected the ground, making it softer and greener, so they deer out to graze on the grass.''
In Thailand, there are two breeds of eld's deer - the Burmese brow-antlered deer, or Thamin, and the Thai brow-antlered deer, also known as Siamensis.
Both are endangered species. There are believed to be around 1,000 Thamin left in the wild and fewer than 100 Siamensis.