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Video of ‘flying deer’ in Utah goes viral ahead of Christmas

‘These aren't Santa's flying reindeer,’ the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources said of a now-viral video that shows a helicopter relocating three deer across the US state. Every year, biologists in Utah capture and put GPS collars on around 1,200 deer during winter to monitor the location of these animals and gather data about their migration patterns. The clip also provides a glimpse of the health assessments that some collared antelopes go through before their subsequent release.