David Strege

Wed, March 30, 2022, 9:02 AM·1 min read

The desert mule deer is a common sight in the Trans-Pecos region of west Texas, but when wildlife biologists conducted surveys recently, they came across an extremelyuncommonsight.

In fact, it was what they called “the rarest of rare” animals.

What the Texas Parks and Wildlife—Trans-Pecos Wildlife District spotted from a helicopter and captured in video was a melanistic (black hair) mule deer fawn, “a one-in-a-million anomaly.”

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“This special deer appears all black except for quick flashes of white fur as it dashes away from the whirring helicopter,” theFort Worth Star-Telegramsaid. “It stands in stark contrast to the older, larger mule deer running ahead of it, sporting the typical brown and white coloration.”

The video wasposted on Facebookwith credit to District 1…