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Bachelor party. A bachelor party (in the United States and in Canada), also known as a stag weekend, stag do or stag party (in the United Kingdom, Commonwealth countries, and Ireland), or a buck's night (in Australia), [1] is a party held/arranged by the man who is shortly to enter marriage . A stag night is usually planned by the groom's ...
Lucanus cervus. Scarabaeus tridentatus Linnaeus, 1758 (partim.) Lucanus cervus, known as the European stag beetle, or the greater stag beetle, is one of the best-known species of stag beetle (family Lucanidae) in Western Europe, and is the eponymous example of the genus. L. cervus is listed as Near Threatened by the IUCN Red List.
Male stag beetles are known for their oversize mandibles used to wrestle each other for favoured mating sites in a way that parallels the way stags fight over females. Fights may also be over food, such as tree sap and decaying fruits. Despite their often fearsome appearance, they are not normally aggressive to humans.
Hart (deer) A hart is a male red deer, synonymous with stag and used in contrast to the female hind; its use may now be considered mostly poetic or archaic. The word comes from Middle English hert, from Old English heorot; compare Frisian hart, Dutch hert, German Hirsch, and Swedish, Norwegian, and Danish hjort, all meaning "deer".
The red deer ( Cervus elaphus) is one of the largest deer species. A male red deer is called a stag or hart, and a female is called a doe or hind. The red deer inhabits most of Europe, the Caucasus Mountains region, Anatolia, Iran, and parts of western Asia. It also inhabits the Atlas Mountains of Northern Africa; being the only living species ...
Prosopocoilus giraffa. Prosopocoilus giraffa, the giraffe stag beetle, is the world's largest stag beetle [1] and is a member of the family Lucanidae within the order Coleoptera. They have very long, toothed and notched mandibles that protrude about half the size of their body. They tend to be aggressive and are fierce and powerful.
A stag and doe party, stag and drag party, buck and doe party, a jack and jill party, or a wedding social is a Canadian party and fundraiser for an engaged couple. Canada [ edit ] A stag and doe is a cultural event in Canada, popular mostly in Manitoba , Northern Ontario and rural Southern Ontario under various names to raise money for a couple ...
Hirschsprung (Black Forest) Coordinates: 47°56′16″N 8°1′13″E. Höllenpass gorge from the north with stag monument on the south side. Stag monument seen from the road. Hirschsprung around 1900. The Black Forest Hirschsprung ( German: Schwarzwälder Hirschsprung) is a legend from the Höllental valley in the Black Forest in Germany ...