Mother deer can’t ID their fawns by call

Fawns can distinguish their mom’s voice from another deer’s, but a mom can’t pick out her fawn’s call, researchers say.

SHHH. A fallow deer fawn spends its first days hiding in undergrowth in contrast to lambs and young reindeer, which quickly start following mom. Torriani, E. Vannoni, A. McElligott

That’s different from recognition skills of sheep or reindeer, according to Marco Torriani of the University of Zurich in Switzerland.