Here and there across the United States, as deer hunting season got underway over the past month, disturbing stories have surfaced about a mutant species trend that is identified in The Hundred Year Lie as a symptom of chemical synergy and toxicity.

The first Associated Press story appeared on November 26, out of North Dakota. A hunter shot what he thought was a buck with large antlers. On closer examination, it turned out to be a female deer that had grown antlers. Game wardens in both North Dakota and Minnesota were reported to have seen numerous antlered does so far this hunting season.

Two weeks later another Associated Press story appeared out of Wisconsin about "freaks of nature" appearing with alarming regularity. Deer with both male and female sex organs were being shot. Another young buck shot near Fond Du Lac, Wisconsin had SEVEN legs.

Other news reports of shot deer having both male and female sex organs have come out of Arkansas and other southern states within the past month. Wildlife experts confess to being puzzled why more of these 'freaks of nature' are appearing this year than at any previous time in memory.

My suggestion would be to examine the water sources these deer depend upon in the wild. To what extent are these bodies of water showing measurable levels of synthetic chemical contaminants and what sort of synergies may be affecting the reproductive capacities of deer and other wildlife.