Teenager rescues drowning baby deer from certain death

A fawn.
(Image credit: FRED TANNEAU/AFP/Getty Images)

A baby deer owes its life to one quick-thinking teen in North Carolina. High schooler Chance Pressley and his friends were riding Jet Skis on a local lake when they spotted the fawn flailing in the water. Knowing the deer had only moments to live, Chance jumped in and pulled it to safety, and his friend towed them to shore. Since baby "Fred," as Chance nicknamed the fawn, was separated from his family, the teen decided to bring him home before calling an animal rehabilitator. "My mom was a little mad," says Chance.

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Christina Colizza

Christina Colizza is chief researcher and writer at The Week magazine.