{"id":450,"date":"2006-03-15T09:40:00","date_gmt":"2006-03-15T16:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fireflyforest.net\/fire\/2006\/03\/15\/molly-the-mule-deer\/"},"modified":"2007-08-14T17:07:46","modified_gmt":"2007-08-15T00:07:46","slug":"molly-the-mule-deer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fireflyforest.net\/firefly\/2006\/03\/15\/molly-the-mule-deer\/","title":{"rendered":"Molly the Mule Deer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/research.amnh.org\/swrs\/\">Southwestern Research Station<\/a> in the Chiricahua Mountains near Portal, Arizona has a tame <a href=\"http:\/\/animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu\/site\/accounts\/information\/Odocoileus_hemionus.html\">Mule Deer (Odocoileus hemionus)<\/a> named Molly. She can be seen wandering around the grounds during the day.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/fireflyforest.net\/images\/firefly\/2006\/March\/mule-deer-1.jpg\" alt=\"Molly the Mule Deer (Odocoileus hemionus) at the Southwestern Research Station in the Chiricahua Mountains near Portal, Arizona\" width=\"480\" height=\"480\" class=\"post-photo\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Molly wears a bright orange dog collar to help make her easy to spot and warn off hunters. She can be recognized as a Mule Deer by her large, mule-like ears and black-tipped tail.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/fireflyforest.net\/images\/firefly\/2006\/March\/mule-deer-2.jpg\" alt=\"Molly the Mule Deer (Odocoileus hemionus) at the Southwestern Research Station in the Chiricahua Mountains near Portal, Arizona\" width=\"480\" height=\"384\" class=\"post-photo\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Molly was an orphan, and since she was raised by humans, she is very tame and friendly.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/fireflyforest.net\/images\/firefly\/2006\/March\/mule-deer-3.jpg\" alt=\"Molly the Mule Deer (Odocoileus hemionus) at the Southwestern Research Station in the Chiricahua Mountains near Portal, Arizona\" width=\"350\" height=\"467\" class=\"post-photo\" \/><\/p>\n<p>She loves both treats&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/fireflyforest.net\/images\/firefly\/2006\/March\/mule-deer-4.jpg\" alt=\"Molly the Mule Deer (Odocoileus hemionus) at the Southwestern Research Station in the Chiricahua Mountains near Portal, Arizona\" width=\"350\" height=\"411\" class=\"post-photo\" \/><\/p>\n<p>And having her head scratched.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/fireflyforest.net\/images\/firefly\/2006\/March\/mule-deer-5.jpg\" alt=\"Molly the Mule Deer (Odocoileus hemionus) at the Southwestern Research Station in the Chiricahua Mountains near Portal, Arizona\" width=\"480\" height=\"359\" class=\"post-photo\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I did see wild deer grazing in the grassy areas at the Southwestern Research Station, but they were all <a href=\"http:\/\/animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu\/site\/accounts\/information\/Odocoileus_virginianus.html\">White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus)<\/a>, and thus not Molly&#8217;s kin.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Southwestern Research Station in the Chiricahua Mountains near Portal, Arizona has a tame Mule Deer (Odocoileus hemionus) named Molly. She can be seen wandering around the grounds during the day. Molly wears a bright orange dog collar to help make her easy to spot and warn off hunters. She can be recognized as a&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/fireflyforest.net\/firefly\/2006\/03\/15\/molly-the-mule-deer\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read More &rarr; <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-450","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-arizona-mammals"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fireflyforest.net\/firefly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/450","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fireflyforest.net\/firefly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fireflyforest.net\/firefly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fireflyforest.net\/firefly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fireflyforest.net\/firefly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=450"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/fireflyforest.net\/firefly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/450\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fireflyforest.net\/firefly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=450"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fireflyforest.net\/firefly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=450"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fireflyforest.net\/firefly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=450"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}