antlers

It has always made me wonder how profitable it is for people who sell Elk antlers and other types of animal antlers.

The felt on young antlers is worth more than mature bone antlers.

The few deviations from realistic proportions are deliberate: the exaggerated antlers, for example, are done to fill space.

Bio-engineer the animals so their antlers and/or fur becomes reflective itself, and / or glow in the dark.

Meat and velvet (antlers) are still bigger sources of income, but hunters make an impressive contribution to my uncle's revenues.

Even with the herds being owned/domesticated, you still have the issue of antlers being shed regularly.

Funny looks are what you get when you wear and ugly shirt, or fuzzy reindeer antlers on your head around Christmas.

I can just imagine them going up to roads to admire each others' reflective antlers in the headlights.

I haven’t tried this but apparently you can automate the burnishing by using antlers/smooth stones in a rock tumbler.

There are also artifacts, pretty clear for example in the jumping deer's antlers.

Like imagine being a reindeer looking at your friend's glowing antlers at night!

The article specifically mentions that red deer antlers have more points, which I think is something only hunters worry about.

The biological equivalent would be "mating preferences", which leads to numerous otherwise paradoxical characteristics (peacock's tail, deer antlers, etc.), though those often serve a signalling function.

“Just as the elk measures the size of antlers, we humans measure each other’s brains before we mate,” Peter Bøckman at the University of Oslo explains.

Sure, we all know the usual recommendation engines and some more specific year-end lists help too, but generally the recommendations feel all too narrow - "You like The Antlers?" - "Let me suggest this band that fits into the very same sub-genre and probably has been named all over the place before." That's just not good enough.