![<p>For every 100 pounds of food a deer eats., 65 percent goes into growth, maintenance and heat production; 5 percent is lost as methane gas; 5 percent turns into urine and 25 percent into feces.</p>](https://hagadone.media.clients.ellingtoncms.com/ARTICLE_312199995_AR_0_NRIFWECXPBCN_t1170.jpg?5cc718665ab672dba93d511ab4c682bb370e5f86)
<p>For every 100 pounds of food a deer eats., 65 percent goes into growth, maintenance and heat production; 5 percent is lost as methane gas; 5 percent turns into urine and 25 percent into feces.</p>
December 19, 2014
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December 19, 2014 8 a.m.
How do deer survive winter by eating twigs?
A deer munches on the tips of young trees, ripping the leafless twigs from the plants.