“Vampyre Capricorn” looks unreal – as if Bambi had visited a joke shop

Vampires and other monster figures are seen again in the street scene as Halloween approaches. Now is the perfect time to discuss water goats.

In English it is also called “vampire goat”, and the reason is obvious. The males of the species have handsome canines that can grow up to eight centimeters long. The creature looks unreal – it’s as if little bambi has vampire teeth from a joke shop glued on it. However, it is a real animal.

Water goats are from China, but they have sometimes been brought to Europe as well. There are small wild populations in Britain. Deer are also small, only 50 centimeters high.

Aquarius despite his teeth, he is not a very ferocious monster. It does not suck blood and does not even eat meat, but is a vegetarian. Water deer have no horns, and its scientific name Hydropods unarmed literally means defenseless water drinker. Quite a hippie, then.

Torah’s teeth do get wet with blood during heat. With their teeth, the males show each other the place of the closet.

When two males meet, they spar vigorously, sizing each other up. If neither backs down, a fight begins. Or a toothache. The males poke and maul with their teeth until the winner is clear.

Teeth are inherited from far back in the dark of evolution. The ancestors of all deer, deer and roe deer were small ungulates with tusks. As species evolved, larger deer grew handsome horns, and smaller ones, such as water deer, retained canines.

Similar canines are also found in the Asian tufted deer, which is also small in size. Today, it is called the tufted muntjac, because it was considered that the tufted elk is not a moose per se, but rather a muntjac.

A deer and distinguishing between deer is difficult for the layman, but the nomenclature is confusing even for scientists.

There is such an animal as a hog deer, which is neither a deer nor a pig. Today, its name is rytökauris. It belongs to the roe deer family.

Rytökauris sounds as if Vesa of the noble Capricorn family has adopted a decadent lifestyle and a dubious circle of friends.