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Why do hundreds of deer sit together for an hour at this spot in Nara Park every evening in summer? Our reporter investigates.
Increasing numbers of the nationally protected species are being affected by plastic bag consumption.
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Visitors to one of the most beautiful places in Japan document the four-legged mafia’s adorable M.O.
The animals, revered as messengers of the Shinto gods, have been damaging Nara farmers’ crops.
Researchers say this is the first time this type of behaviour between the two species has been recorded.
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