{"id":2632,"date":"2017-08-02T11:53:53","date_gmt":"2017-08-02T11:53:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ardmoreopenfarm.ie\/?post_type=avada_portfolio&p=2632"},"modified":"2017-10-05T08:05:34","modified_gmt":"2017-10-05T08:05:34","slug":"sika-deer","status":"publish","type":"avada_portfolio","link":"https:\/\/ardmoreopenfarm.ie\/portfolio-items\/sika-deer\/","title":{"rendered":"Sika Deer"},"content":{"rendered":"
<\/div><\/div><\/div>
<\/a><\/span><\/div>
<\/div><\/div><\/div>
<\/div>
\n

\"Open

<\/div>
<\/div><\/div>
<\/div>\n

Only the male sika deer grow antlers.<\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>
<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
<\/div><\/div><\/div>

\"\"<\/h2>\n

Sika Deer
\nOrigin: East Asia, Japan and China<\/h2>\n

Latin Name: <\/strong>Cervus nippon<\/p>\n

Habitat:\u00a0<\/strong>Sub-tropical forests and parkland<\/p>\n

Diet:\u00a0<\/strong>Grass, leaves, shoots, twigs<\/p>\n

Lifespan:<\/strong> Up to 15 years<\/p>\n

Average Size:\u00a0<\/strong>Weight: 70 Kg., Height:80cm, Length:1.25cm<\/p>\n

<\/h2>\n

<\/h2>\n<\/div>
<\/div><\/div><\/div>

Characteristics:<\/h2>\n

Commonly referred to as the spotted clear or Japanse deer, the Sika deer is a medium sized animal of striking beauty.\u00a0 They have a beautiful light fawn or a medium brown colour with white spots.\u00a0 They have small legs and a very small head.\u00a0 Unlike other deer breeds, sika deer do not lose its spots upon reaching maturity.\u00a0 Sika males are territorial and keep harems of females during the rut, which peaks from early September through October.\u00a0 Fights between rival males are sometimes fierce and long and may even be fatal.\u00a0 Deer mate in late summer and give birth to a single calf the following May \/ June.\u00a0 They develop and mature quickly are fully independent of their mother in 7 months.<\/p>\n<\/div>

<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2800,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"portfolio_category":[27],"portfolio_skills":[],"portfolio_tags":[],"yoast_head":"\nSika Deer - Open Farm and Mini Zoo Ardmore Waterford<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/ardmoreopenfarm.ie\/portfolio-items\/sika-deer\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Sika Deer - Open Farm and Mini Zoo Ardmore Waterford\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/ardmoreopenfarm.ie\/portfolio-items\/sika-deer\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Open Farm and Mini Zoo Ardmore Waterford\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2017-10-05T08:05:34+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/ardmoreopenfarm.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Sika-Deer.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"693\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"520\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"4 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ardmoreopenfarm.ie\/portfolio-items\/sika-deer\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/ardmoreopenfarm.ie\/portfolio-items\/sika-deer\/\",\"name\":\"Sika Deer - Open Farm and Mini Zoo Ardmore Waterford\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ardmoreopenfarm.ie\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2017-08-02T11:53:53+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2017-10-05T08:05:34+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ardmoreopenfarm.ie\/portfolio-items\/sika-deer\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/ardmoreopenfarm.ie\/portfolio-items\/sika-deer\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ardmoreopenfarm.ie\/portfolio-items\/sika-deer\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/ardmoreopenfarm.ie\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Portfolio\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/ardmoreopenfarm.ie\/portfolio-items\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Sika Deer\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ardmoreopenfarm.ie\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/ardmoreopenfarm.ie\/\",\"name\":\"Open Farm and Mini Zoo Ardmore Waterford\",\"description\":\"Ardmore Open Farm & Zoo\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/ardmoreopenfarm.ie\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Sika Deer - Open Farm and Mini Zoo Ardmore Waterford","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/ardmoreopenfarm.ie\/portfolio-items\/sika-deer\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Sika Deer - Open Farm and Mini Zoo Ardmore Waterford","og_url":"https:\/\/ardmoreopenfarm.ie\/portfolio-items\/sika-deer\/","og_site_name":"Open Farm and Mini Zoo Ardmore Waterford","article_modified_time":"2017-10-05T08:05:34+00:00","og_image":[{"width":693,"height":520,"url":"https:\/\/ardmoreopenfarm.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Sika-Deer.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"4 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/ardmoreopenfarm.ie\/portfolio-items\/sika-deer\/","url":"https:\/\/ardmoreopenfarm.ie\/portfolio-items\/sika-deer\/","name":"Sika Deer - Open Farm and Mini Zoo Ardmore Waterford","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/ardmoreopenfarm.ie\/#website"},"datePublished":"2017-08-02T11:53:53+00:00","dateModified":"2017-10-05T08:05:34+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/ardmoreopenfarm.ie\/portfolio-items\/sika-deer\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/ardmoreopenfarm.ie\/portfolio-items\/sika-deer\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/ardmoreopenfarm.ie\/portfolio-items\/sika-deer\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/ardmoreopenfarm.ie\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Portfolio","item":"https:\/\/ardmoreopenfarm.ie\/portfolio-items\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Sika Deer"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/ardmoreopenfarm.ie\/#website","url":"https:\/\/ardmoreopenfarm.ie\/","name":"Open Farm and Mini Zoo Ardmore Waterford","description":"Ardmore Open Farm & Zoo","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/ardmoreopenfarm.ie\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ardmoreopenfarm.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/avada_portfolio\/2632"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ardmoreopenfarm.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/avada_portfolio"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ardmoreopenfarm.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/avada_portfolio"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ardmoreopenfarm.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ardmoreopenfarm.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2632"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ardmoreopenfarm.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/avada_portfolio\/2632\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2806,"href":"https:\/\/ardmoreopenfarm.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/avada_portfolio\/2632\/revisions\/2806"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ardmoreopenfarm.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2800"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ardmoreopenfarm.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2632"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"portfolio_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ardmoreopenfarm.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio_category?post=2632"},{"taxonomy":"portfolio_skills","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ardmoreopenfarm.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio_skills?post=2632"},{"taxonomy":"portfolio_tags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ardmoreopenfarm.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio_tags?post=2632"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}