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Britain\u2019s largest land mammal prefers forest habitats but can adapt to open moor and hills, grazing on grasses and dwarf shrubs <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n

October\u2019s inexorably shortening day length \u2013 biologists call it the photoperiod \u2013 is what triggers the red deer rut. Pumped with testosterone, mature stags strike out in search of groups of receptive hinds. At dawn and dusk, they bellow and grunt to stake their claim. Though the rut is mostly bluster, battles between well-matched stags can be bloody. <\/p>\n\n

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Photos: STAGS: DANNY GREEN, CORAL: ALEX MUSTARD\/NPL <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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