Have you heard of the smallest deer in the world? The pudu is the smallest deer species in the world and is native to Argentina and Chile, where it is an endangered species.
A few years ago, photos of a newly-born pudu at the Queen’s Zoo in New York went viral and it’s easy to see why.
The tiny baby came into the world weighing less than a pound and standing 6 inches tall! A visitor to the zoo took a snapshot of the baby deer roughly 10 days after it was born and posted it to the zoo’s Facebook page. Isn’t he adorable?
Photo credit: Facebook / Tony Hoffman
The little critter is still nursing, but starting to eat leaves, kale, and carrots. He will lose the white spots when he grows up, which won’t be too much. Adult pudu grow to around a foot tall.
Here’s a video revealing more interesting facts about the pudu.
Here’s a pudu just 5 days old.
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