Keep these fun facts in mind for your next Key Deer spotting trip:

• Key Deer can easily swim between islands.
• The earliest known written reference to Key Deer comes from the writings of Hernando d'Escalante Fontaneda, a Spanish sailor shipwrecked in the Florida Keys and captured by Native Americans in the 1550s.
• Key Deer have a relatively low reproductive rate, averaging 1 young fawn per year.
• Key Deer can drink small amounts of salt water but need fresh water to survive
• Fawns weigh 2 to 4 pounds at birth
• Males live up to 8 years while females can live up to 17 years

Sources: wikipedia/US Fish and Wildlife