Our Master Photographer took this wonderful photo of a deer with its new antlers. The white-tailed deer are the most common deer in USA. In this glorious photo you can see the velvet on the horns. This velvet falls off after the antlers stop growing. 

Antlers are extensions of a deer's skull. They are generally found only on males who shed and regrow them each year. Their function? for sexual attraction and as weapons. 

^{The earliest fossil remains of antlers that have been found are dated about 17 million years ago. These early antlers were small and had just two forks. As time passed, antlers have lengthened and gained many branches.}