how long does it take deer to find peanut butter?

January 2023 · 2 minute read

The deer can take less than 10 minutes to find peanut butter. The question of how much it takes to find peanut butter is one I have been asked many times. This page will describe the experiments which were conducted in order to try and answer this question. But first, let me discuss some other things you need to know about before we get started:

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When designing the experiment, I thought that enough food should be provided for all animals to have a surplus of food that would last them up to 1 month or so. This is because I could not think of an animal that would eat this much food in one sitting, and it could be argued that they may not find their food for a certain period of time. The kinds of foods used are listed below:

Chocolate spreads (chocolate peanuts) Peanut butter Paste (100% pure beef) Biscuits Nuts Bread Jam Marshmallows Other food (notably dog and cat foods, but this was terminated at the end of June 2011.)

A cage is a pen with an open top and no sides, which allows animals to climb out. The experiment involved roughly 90 cages (50 experiments). The deer took roughly 5 minutes to find the food, while the wallabies took about 30-60 seconds. All other tests were done in under 3 minutes. Here are some videos of the “experiments” (the first two are deer)

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