Results: The Deer Whisperer
Published on 08/15/2019
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A Brantford, Ontario, man, Wayne Etmanski, better known as the "deer whisperer," has spent nearly 30 years living in the woods for days, weeks, even months at a time, documenting and living alongside wild white-tailed deer. A bad back and subsequent surgery took him out of the woods for two years. This May marked his first time back since. He missed it too much to not return. Unfortunately, he did not find his beloved herd intact -- in fact he found the the matriarch of the herd, Etmanski's "No. 1" deer, dead. He had gotten so close to her over the past 17 years that he was even there when she gave birth. Do you know anyone who is this closely attuned to animals of any kind?
No
58%
1294 votes
Not to this extent
29%
640 votes
Yes
8%
187 votes
Actually I am
4%
96 votes
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Doctor Dolittle is a 1967 movie, starring Rex Harrison, about a veterinarian who finds he can actually communicate with animals. The film was also remade in 1998 with Eddie Murphy, and will again be released in a soon-to-be reboot starring Robert Downey Jr. Did you ever see either version of this movie?
The original with Rex Harrison
36%
788 votes
The version with Eddie Murphy
37%
821 votes
Another version or sequel (there have been several)
3%
70 votes
None
40%
878 votes
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The movies were based on the central character of a series of children's books by Hugh Lofting starting with the 1920 The Story of Doctor Dolittle. He is a doctor who shuns human patients in favour of animals, with whom he can speak in their own languages. Many have claimed to be a real life "Dr. Dolittle" or have had that nickname bestowed on them by others. Have you heard about any of these real life Dr. Dolittles?
40-year old photographer Steve Gray is about as close as you can get to being a real-life Dr Dolittle. He has been snapping birds, voles and rats for the past three years and has developed such an intimate bond with the animals that they happily approach him with no fear. And that means that he's able to take shots of wildlife from remarkably close quarters.
6%
144 votes
Polish journalist Goska Zdziechowska has fed koalas eucalyptus, been kissed by wolves and even spent the night with cheetahs. Dubbed the female "Dr. Dolittle", she has a special bond with all wildlife, and uses her special gift to work for their preservation.
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120 votes
43-year-old Ruthy Bradshaw, from Colchester, Essex, offers therapy to anxious pets and counseling to their owners, but her methods are unconventional to say the least. Ruthy calls herself a real-life Dr. Dolittle and claims to be able to communicate with animals, interpreting various signals and making up a voice of them talking back to her, in her head.
4%
96 votes
A real-life Dr Dolittle family keeps a small zoo of 46 pets including guinea pigs, dogs, horses, and budgies. Bella Wyllie encouraged her young daughters to take responsibility for the 'small zoo' they keep at home. The menagerie includes an astonishing 24 rabbits - with most recent acquisitions Sylvester and Spud, who arrived just before Christmas, and 11 guinea pigs, as well as five horses, three budgies, two dogs and a gecko.
6%
128 votes
None of them
84%
1864 votes
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Do you wish you could "talk to the animals"?
Yes
59%
1309 votes
No
23%
515 votes
Undecided
18%
393 votes
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