fun news i read about these sweet deer in the midst of corona: the snacks the tourists give them make them thirsty, so they’d drink lots of water resulting in liquid-y poop. but now that there are much less tourists, the deer are eating healthy and the poop is coming back to be solid-y, which is how it’s supposed to be👌 so if you have a chance to visit them in the future (which i hope you do, it’s lovely there), try not to feed them too much 😁
Yikes I never knew any of that. That’s really interesting. Thanks for letting us know. I’ll definitely make a mental note of that when I finally get the chance to visit someday.
I doubt it's a matter of people feeding them too much. It's more likely a matter of too many people, each trying to feed them a little. Either that or too few deer for the number of people.
Its wierd how aggressive they are in such a calm manner, keep nudging and putting their nose on you like "Hey, you got food, I smell it, can I have it? Yo, can you hear me? Lemme have that, give it."
"Hardworking" is not a good thing. It's a human construct that puts way too much pressure on people. Humans aren't robots or insects like ants and bees. We're not "meant" to work, we're brainwashed into thinking we should by people who make the most money off of those who do the most work. Life and survival was not meant to be based on that. There's a reason Japan has one of the highest suicide rates.
I went there early march,its a great day out! I remember around 7 deer chasing a japanese lady for food,she was screaming "yabai!" While running,very funny!😄🇯🇵⛩
Japan's original country name NIPPON means "country under the sun," but the traditional name of the country when the capital was here in Nara was YAMATO (WA). YAMATO means "land of great harmony between people and nature." For about 1,300 years since the Emperor established the capital of Japan in Nara, deer have been traditionally cherished as messengers of the sacred gods of this island nation blessed with nature, until the present day. The deer know that humans think so from generation to generation, so even though the city has changed its appearance, the wild deer still feel safe and comfortable living here. Deer do not live in Nara Park all day, nor do they appear to be kept in captivity. At night, the deer return to the mountains to sleep. During the day, they come down to the park to feed and relax. Their daily rotation seems to be like that. They are regarded as sacred animals, messengers of the gods, because of a legend that when one of the four gods enshrined at Kasuga Taisya Shrine moved from the shrine in Ibaraki Prefecture to the land of Yamato (Nara), the deer protected and led the god along the way and brought him to this place. For 1,300 years, people have been told not to bully the deer, the messengers of the gods. We are often asked what they do with deer droppings. The deer in Nara Park are not domesticated, but have been wild deer since ancient times. They return to the mountains at night to sleep and come down to the park at sunrise. They are fed only deer crackers by tourists, and their staple food is the grass and turf in the park. Deer droppings amount to 300 tons per year, but we humans don't care much about deer droppings. The reason is that the park is inhabited by a large number of insects called "dung beetles," which digest deer feces as their staple food. The dead bodies of the dung beetles are digested by earthworms and microorganisms and returned to the soil, where they become fertilizer for the deer's staple food, grass. Since ancient times, this place has been kept clean and free from terrible stench by natural circulation in its natural state, not artificially. The name of the country of Japan when the capital was located in Nara 1300 years ago was "Yamato" or "Wa". (The meaning of Yamato is the country of great harmony between human and nature.) As the name suggests, it is truly a city where human and nature have been in harmony for a long long time.
One of them bit my clothes because I still have deer foods left 😅😅😅 but they really knows the seller and the tourist because they never attack the food sellers
@Krishna Daruka Good or bad depends on the schools of Buddhism. If you're talking about Jodo Shinshu, the majority school of Buddhism in Japan, you're not right.
Fun Fact: These deers in Nara have free health care. I was visiting Nara and I noticed an injured Deer so I reported to the man that was working there and he said that he will try to find the deer so that it could get the care it needs. Also, Deers here love Acorn so if you find some there, give it to them!
Janus Jane Deer’s are scary?! Not even. The deers aren’t hurting anyone, but just like any other animal, they want food and they will follow you or just try to get your attention with little nudges. Deer’s won’t hurt you unless you try to hurt them. Deer’s are actually harmless and they love to be petted and scratched behind their ears... I’ve been around goats at a petting zoo when I was a kid, they’ll pull and try to eat your clothes if you don’t feed them! And it’s really gross to have goat slobber on your clothes! Lol... When I see little kids at a petting zoo now and they start crying or screaming out of fear of the animal they think the little animal will bite the kid, I feel so bad for that kid or kids who will never trust animals that close up! Animals are more afraid of us... unless you have a loaf of bread 🥖 with you! 😉😁
