Video: Rock art and research point to deer being Australian natives
Footage: Sporting Shooter
Australian deer hunter Dean Pana argues that 12,000-year-old rock art at Deer Rock in northern Australia depicts Javan rusa, suggesting the species was a native inhabitant during the Pleistocene era. He contends that ice-age migration routes allowed the animals to reach the continent, challenging the mainstream view that deer are invasive pests and calling for an official scientific investigation into their ecological history.
Source: Video: Rock art and research point to deer being Australian natives — Sporting Shooter
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