Well, maybe a little.
My hair is a lot shorter at the moment, though, and my beard is trimmed short. And I live in the suburbs.

But for a fact animals do tend to let me closer than most.

What's really funny, though, is when a deer gets annoyed with me and stomps and snorts. I respond by maintaining eye contact while stomping and blowing raspberries back at them. They get thoroughly agitated at that point and get stompier and snortier, so I keep it up until they're about ready to truly attack. Then I laugh, and that confuses them and they stomp off in a huff.
( The Resident Loon Not a demographic. Do not measure., Fri 25 Apr 2008, 14:32, Reply)