The world's smallest deer life

In the face of the world's smallest number of deer species - Pudu deer is in serious decline, the University of Florida team of scientists used remote camera traps to study Pudu in the Chilean forest. This species is on the list facing a high risk of extinction in nature.

Pudu often lives in Chile and Argentina at an altitude of 3200m above sea level. It is estimated that only more than 130 species live in captivity.

Southern Pudu (Pudu Puda) is 35 - 45cm tall, weighing between 6.4 and 13.4kg. And the northern pudu (Pudu Mephistophiles) is 32-35cm tall, weighs 3.3-6kg.

Pudu lives in temperate forests, often active mainly in the morning, late afternoon and evening. The enemies are always stalking them as eagles, owls, cougars, small cats. When he feels threatened, Pudu often runs away by climbing a tall tree.

The researchers recorded the image of a dog going into the Pudu reserve to hunt. According to scientists, besides the destroyed habitat, the dogs are the main culprits killing Pudu, causing the number of these species to decline.

University of Florida researcher Eduardo Silva Rodriguez asked local people to manage their dogs, so that they could not enter the Pudu protection area.