Jun 16, 2023
Intersexed males lacking a scrotum or testes sometimes develop what are known as VELERICORN antlers, which are covered in velvet and festooned with various ridges and knobs; such antlers are permanent, unlike regular antlers, which are shed and regrown each season. Other males – sometimes known as PERUKES – have elaborate, misshapen antlers covered with baroque nodule-like growths. Occasionally, females develop antlers, which may be single; spiked (without branches); covered in velvet; or lacking the flat, palmate structure typical of male Moose antlers.
"Biological Exuberance: Animal Homosexuality and Natural Diversity" - Bruce Bagemihl