Tohoku region: “Four-eyed antelope”: God’s messenger⁉
-Witnessed near the parking lot in Ishinomaki City, Miyagi Prefecture-
Eiji Okamoto (80):
I thought it was God’s messenger.
On May 22, I met an antelope near the parking lot in Tsuyama-cho, Tome City.
“Four-eyed antelope”:
When I turned around, I was about 30 meters away.
I took a picture with a telephoto camera and checked the image.
It looks like it has four eyes.
The coat color is a little different, and the corners are broken, so there is only one.
Tohoku Wildlife Conservation Center:
When I examined Mr. Okamoto’s image, what looked like an eye was the “subocular gland.”
Located in all antelopes.
The secretions from it are rubbed against trees and rocks to emphasize territory.
Kahoku Shimpo