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MELBOURNE - The Brevard Zoo welcomed a female Chilean pudu May 21.
The pudu, which was the first to be born at the zoo, is the smallest deer species in the world. They are found in the southern Andes of Chile and Argentina.
Adult Chilean pudus usually grow to about just under 3 feet and weigh between 20-30 pounds.
Experts say logging and introduction of larger deer in pudu habitat is threatening the survival of this species in the wild.
NEWS 13.com
Heres a little more info,.They have big wide eyes, and a body that resembles a Vienna sausage balanced on four wobbly toothpicks.
Imagine a full-grown deer whose nose is at the height of your shins, peering up at you timidly and hoping you might give it a mulberry leaf...That's a pudu.
Pudos have no natural defenses to speak of. When threatened, pudos usually try to find a tree to hide behind, or possible climb. This works as well as it sounds. Overall, they're endangered and they look like they know it.
BobHarris.com
Couldnt get the newborn picture up, but here's a full grown pudu..Too cute, and sad to think they are endangered...
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I want one, it's adorable. 
Sad to think they may be gone eventually, but considering their way of escaping predators... it's kind of hard to think that they have been able to survive.
Sad to think they may be gone eventually, but considering their way of escaping predators... it's kind of hard to think that they have been able to survive.
It is really cute too bad they don't breed well in captivity.
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