After the baby is born, cleaned and lying down, the mother will walk away from the fawn. She doesn’t want to attract any further attention to her offspring. The baby is left unattended all day.

But rather than lead the tiny animal away, the doe left ... Several minutes later, the fawn scampered back into the treeline, where it was reunited with its mother.

A fawn was seen in one of the burned areas of the fire without its mother. The Apache Fire has now burned more than 600 acres to the east of the Butte County communities of Palermo and Vista Robles.

But just 15 minutes later, the fawn and its mother walked onto the property, where the poor baby was covered in hundreds of cholla spines. Small clumps were also stuck to the fawn’s body and face.

Fawns get colostrum from their mother’s milk, Limbach said ... there might be something wrong with it — bats use echolocation to keep away from obstacles, including humans. If they aren’t doing this, ...