Do deer antlers stay attached after death?

Subject: Do deer antlers stay attached after death?

Date: Mon Feb 23 14:13:54 2004
Posted by Adrian
Grade level: grad (science) School: No school entered.
City: Thousand Oaks State/Province: CA Country: 91360
Area of science: Zoology
ID: 1077567234.Zo

Message:


Deer and the like shed their antlers every year. If you kill and stuff a deer 
before he sheds his antlers, does the taxidermist have to make special fixtures 
to fasten them on, our do they stay attached permantly? What is the probability 
of finding a dry skull with antlers attached?

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