Research from BYU wildlife sciences professors finds that when hunting season starts, elk in Utah move off of public lands — where they can be hunted — and onto private lands — where they cannot be hunted. And then, when hunting season is over, they shift right back to public lands.
This sounds more like culture than evolution. They have to learn where the danger is, then transmit that information across generations and to other deer. It seems unlikely that ever individual deer is figuring this out on their own.
This sounds more like culture than evolution. They have to learn where the danger is, then transmit that information across generations and to other deer. It seems unlikely that ever individual deer is figuring this out on their own.