Residents in Farragut, Tennessee, were completely taken aback when they saw a white-tailed deer casually stumble through their city. Upon closer inspection, they discovered that the animal was growing hair from its eyeballs.
While confused residents tried to catch the daring goat, they could not help but notice that it protruded thick hair from slices of meat that had grown and were covered over the goat’s eyeballs.
As it turns out, the condition is known as dermoid of the corneal and has only been documented in one other white-tailed deer, also in Tennessee.
The condition is mainly the result of a benign tumor, which consists of tissues that are usually found elsewhere in the body, in this case a skin with hair follicles that form over the cornea or a clear part of the eyeball.
According to Sterling Daniels, a natural biologist at the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency (TWRA), the deer “Maybe I can see the day from the dark, but I would not think it could see where it is going.”
‘I would compare it to covering your eyes with a washcloth. You could tell day and night, but that’s about it. ”
This particular goat, which roamed the streets of Farragut, Tennessee, in August 2020, was later diagnosed with epizootic hemorrhagic disease (EHD) which can cause fever, tissue inflammation and almost complete loss of fear of humans, causing its vagueness can declare. a turn in the city.
Researchers suspect that the hairy eyelid probably formed while the deer was still in the womb.
It is worrying that people can develop dermoid in their eyes, although the condition is extremely rare. It can cause blurred vision but does not lead to extreme vision problems. The dermoid can also be surgically removed, although it does not improve the patient’s vision.
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