Just in case you've missed it,
whistling
deer in the Highlands have been making national news
headlines after triggering
bogus
mountain rescue searches.
Anything
you need, just whistle... - Graeme R (Gallery)
The deer, thought to be sika stags, apparently make the whistling noise
during the mating season, which in turn seems to have been mistaken for
the sound of walkers in distress sounding emergency whistles.
As a result, Lochaber Mountain Rescue Team has now been called out
twice on false alarms spending a total of around eight hours searching
for the non-existent walkers. Apparently the same deer are also 'known
to make raspberry noises', though as yet that hasn't triggered any
rescue efforts that we're aware of...
Full story at
news.bbc.co.uk
and anywhere else you care to look... More about Lochaber Mountain
Rescue team at
www.lochabermrt.co.uk.
Malcolm Kay
