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<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>

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How do deer survive winter by eating twigs?
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.