There are a lot of deer in Victoria. I guess at first I never really thought about it, due to the excessive amount of bunnyness on campus. Like every first year, when I first got here I was all like:
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Now all the bunnies are gone, which is a shame, and some people are more like this:
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(In case you've never experience full-fledged UVic Bunnyville,
this is kind of what it looked like. Okay, I know that it's photoshopped, but honestly it's not that far off. Those guys were BIG, and more than plentiful.) Anyways, so now there are NO bunnies on campus, so I guess I notice other wildlife (yes, wildlife. Like I live in a freakin'
jungle or something) more. Most notably, the hoards of crows and seagulls that flock on the crowd like bunnies, but not as cute. I
hate seagulls.
I keep on getting off topic. There are too many tiny creatures around here. Back to deer though, I see them around a lot. One time I stepped out of my dorm to see this:
Also, whenever walk to my sisters house, there is this little corner of campus that is always full of deer, who are always just eating away, and get really nervous and stare you down if you walk by too loudly. I literally see one or two or five every time I walk there, no matter what time of day. A few weeks ago, I saw eleven of them. All standing in the same little area and I was like "ahmahgad they're finally joining forces" but I didn't panic because there was another person on the path and I was pretty sure I could outrun him.
But this incident got me thinking. This is how my logic went:
Lots of bunnies = a few deer
No bunnies = LOTS of deer
Obviously, I came to the conclusion that maybe the deer were scared of the bunnies, and laid low when they were around. Maybe the bunnies bullied them, and purposely shat on all the good grass, because bunnies will probably eat anything and get fed by tourists and little kids and students on pretty much a daily basis, but deer have to be more selective about their food, because no one feeds them. At this point I got a little carried away and started thinking about how funny/scary it would be if, because the bunnies were no longer a threat, UVIC's campus became overrun with deer.
It would be pretty funny because the university has spent so much time and energy and resources into getting rid of those furry little trouble makers, but can you imagine how much harder it would be to keep a rampant deer population under control? You can't fit half a dozen deer in a small cage.
On the other hand, it would be scary because I feel like if there were that many of them, the deer would get over their ridiculous shyness and become aggressive. My friend is all like "if a deer attacks you, it wouldn't be that hard to beat. Just punch it in the face and it'll be scared and run away," (or something along those lines). However, he also carries a knife on him and could probably survive alone in the woods for weeks. When I make eye contact with a deer, all I'm thinking is Pleasepleasepleeeease don't charge, I am not up for testing this whole "punch-in-the-face" theory. I would rather avoid a fight with a deer. They have hooves and four legs and a scarily vacant gaze.
Anyways, so that's my thought of the day. How scary would a deer apocalypse be?
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You can see his little bunny minions running towards me in the
background. A takeover from these guys? I could probably hold
my own. Deer? NOT SO MUCH.
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