Joe Rogan Experience #2573 - Legion of Skanks · Aired Oct 30, 2026
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An entangled deer usually dies within minutes because adrenaline makes its heart explode.
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Capture myopathy is a real stress-related syndrome that can cause muscle damage and organ failure, but the account that an entangled deer usually dies within minutes because its heart explodes is unsupported. The discussion later reads a more accurate explanation and qualifies the story.
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Is it true that an entangled deer usually dies within minutes because adrenaline makes its heart explode?
Partly. The claim stretches what the evidence shows. Capture myopathy is a real stress-related syndrome that can cause muscle damage and organ failure, but the account that an entangled deer usually dies within minutes because its heart explodes is unsupported. The discussion later reads a more accurate explanation and qualifies the story. Legion of Skanks said it (matched by voice) on Joe Rogan Experience #2573 - Legion of Skanks, aired Oct 30, 2026, at 48:00. The supporting source is ask.ifas.ufl.edu, linked below.
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