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Stag in the mud! Moment hidden camera captures two male deer splashing and frolicking in murky puddle

This is the comical moment a hidden camera catches two deer frolicking around in a muddy puddle.

Footage captured by ecological consultant Dr Jochen Langbein, 61, in Exmoor National Park last month shows the two playful red deer stags jumping into the murky puddle and covering themselves in the brown sludge.    

During the clip, the first stag, who has single spike antlers and is around 18 months  old, leaps into the murky waters and rolls around in the mud. 

Dr Jochen Langbein, 61, captures the red deer stag enjoying the muddy puddle in Exmoor National Park

Dr Jochen Langbein, 61, captures the red deer stag enjoying the muddy puddle in Exmoor National Park

A second stag, who is believed to be around two-and-a-half-years-old, enters the murky water

A second stag, who is believed to be around two-and-a-half-years-old, enters the murky water

Later, the second stag, who is believed to be around two-and-a-half years old, enters the water and submerges its body into the muddle puddle.

Red deer: The largest wild animals on British soil

Red deer are the UK's largest wild land mammals and are common in Scotland, particularly the Highlands and the islands, the Lake District, Exmoor in Devon and Hampshire's New Forest.

Stags can grow to roughly the size of a cow and sport dark russet-brown fur with a pale rump patch and a pale tail.

They are known for their branched antlers, which can measure up to one metre in breadth.

During breeding season,stags will fight over females, known as hinds, and may injure other deer with their antlers.

The males are known to use mud wallows during the peak of mating season and will often roll in them to adorn themselves with the pungent  odour. 

Red deer, which have an average life span of 16-18 years, mainly eat grasses, sedges, rushes and dwarf shrubs.  

A giant red stag, named the Exmoor Emperor, was shot dead in 2010. The beast weighed more than 21 stone and stood nearly 9ft tall.  

Source: The Wildlife Trust

Dr Langbein explained: 'Red deer stags in particular are known to use mud wallows especially during the peak of mating season or ''rut'' in late September, when they will often roll in the mud to adorn themselves with the pungent rut odour.

'In addition, female red deer as well as yearling males are equally fond of wallowing and covering themselves in mud both during the rutting time, but also well into the winter when mature stags use them less frequently or have left the area.

'It is suggested by some that deer wallow partly to get rid of ticks and other external parasites.

'Among our different deer species, red deer are known to use mud wallows much more extensively than do fallow and roe deer, but the behaviour has received only quite limited scientific study.

'On viewing the footage I was delighted to see I had captured such high-spirited behaviour of the young stags right close up to the camera.

'The footage illustrates perfectly the excitement and joy the deer appear to get from wallowing in the mud - the best things in life remain free!'  

The videos were shot at an undisclosed location on Exmoor on December 4 and December 8 last year.   

Red deer are often seen with dark russet-brown fur and a pale tail and are common in the Scotland Highlands, the Lake District, Exmoor and Hampshire's New Forest. 

Male red deer, called stags, are known for their branched antlers, which can measure up to one metre in breadth.

During breeding season, male red deer will fight over females, known as hinds, and may even injure other deer with their antlers. 

The species, which have an average life span of 16-18 years, mainly eat grasses, sedges, rushes and dwarf shrubs. 

The red deer stag splashes around in the mud and enjoys the cool waters in the woodland area

The red deer stag splashes around in the mud and enjoys the cool waters in the woodland area

The stag submerges its body beneath the muddy puddle in Exmoor National Park

The stag submerges its body beneath the muddy puddle in Exmoor National Park 

The stag rolls around in the mud and begins to cover its body in the brown sludge

The stag rolls around in the mud and begins to cover its body in the brown sludge

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