What would you do if you came across a baby animal who seemed to have become separated from its mother?
Many wildlife experts suggest that it’s best to leave the baby by itself, where it can hopefully reunite with its mother. But when the animal is at risk of danger, the right thing to do is step in and help.
So when some construction workers came across a fawn who was in the path of their work, they knew that they were going to have to move him out of harm’s way. The baby’s mother was nowhere in sight, so workers took him to a clearing nearby and began to comfort him.
However, what they didn’t expect was for the fawn to become so attached to them, and the sweet baby has the cutest reaction when the workers try to put him down!
Luckily, the fawn was eventually reunited with his mother, and the whole thing was captured on camera for us all to see!
When construction worker Justin Lewis shared his video, titled, “Spoiled deer” onto his YouTube channel, he probably wasn’t expecting it to go viral. But the adorable clip instantly took off, with over 9 million views, as well as thousands of likes and comments.
The video shows Justin’s work colleague cradling the needy deer in his arms like you would do with a baby. He’s rubbing the little guy’s belly, and the deer is absolutely loving the attention! In fact, every time the man attempts to put the fawn down, the fawn reacts in a totally hilarious way.
Speaking to the camera, Justin says, “So we found this baby deer, and we were moving it out of the way so it doesn’t get smashed by a tree… We started rubbing its belly, and now when we go to put it down it freaks out until we start rubbing its belly again.”
His colleague then shows us exactly what happens when he tries to put the fawn on the ground.
As he lowers him down, the fawn makes the sweetest little indignant noise and wriggles away from the ground and closer into the man’s arms. It’s clear that he’s loving the attention so much that he doesn’t want to be put down!
“It does not wanna go. That deer does not wanna be put down,” Justin concludes.
To give some backstory, Justin explains in the caption of the video how the two workers first came across the fawn.
“My buddy and I were clearing a right of way for the electric lines and came across this fawn trapped in the fall path of the tree we were about to trim. He was tangled in some thorns and was pretty shaken up after we cut him loose, so we started rubbing his belly to calm him down…. which worked a little too well, as you can see.”
And for those who are worried about where the fawn’s mother was, you’ll be pleased to know that it all ended happily, with Justin continuing,
“He followed us around the job site like a lost puppy for about an hour until I noticed a doe watching us from the hillside. Assuming this was his mother, I carried him about halfway up the hill while she watched attentively. I sat him down, he ran straight to her, and they walked off together.”
We’re so happy that the fawn was eventually reunited with his mama, and we’re sure that this adorable moment will stay with these workers for the rest of their lives! Watch the sweet video below.
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