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Gyn-Ecology
Vaginal transmitter locates newborn deer


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By John Weier
April-June 2008 (Vol. 9, No. 2)

For millennia, deer have protected their newborns by stashing them deep in the brush, where they stay until they’re strong enough to run away from predators. That’s good news if you’re a fawn struggling to survive. But what if you’re Chad Bishop, a researcher with the Colorado Division of Wildlife whose work depends on finding baby deer when they’re hidden and immobile?





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