Velvet

Posted by on Saturday, July 25, 2009 at 7:38 am

Moose drop their antlers (they don’t have horns) each year and grow new ones.  While the new antlers are growing they are covered with a velvet like skin and can bleed if damaged.  Once they are fully grown, the velvet is scraped off and the antlers are the consistency of bone.

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