This was the moment a herd of endangered deer emerged from a forest to graze on the fresh grass.<br /><br />The family of Eld's deer scampered out of the woodland in Uthai Thani, Thailand, after heavy rain in recent days from Storm Podul.<br /><br />The lush green grass is believed to have tempted the shy creatures into the open to for a feast - making for a rare sighting of the reclusive deer.<br /><br />Footage from yesterday (September 5) morning shows the herd of 15 Eld's deer, including calves and the adults, walking across the grass to the amazement of park staff.<br /><br />Nanthasak Wattnapanichsaid: "People always come here and wait to try and see the deer, but they hardly appear. However, this time they came out by themselves.<br /><br />"The staff told me that the heavy rain had affected the ground, making it softer and greener, so they deer out to graze on the grass.''<br /><br />In Thailand, there are two breeds of eld's deer - the Burmese brow-antlered deer, or Thamin, and the Thai brow-antlered deer, also known as Siamensis.<br /><br />Both are endangered species. There are believed to be around 1,000 Thamin left in the wild and fewer than 100 Siamensis.
