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X-ray of a roe deer Capreolus capreolus shot with a conventional lead-based (semi-jacketed) bullet: note the extent of
fragmentation of the lead projectile and distance from the wound canal to which the consumer is then exposed.
Photo Credit: Oliver Krone/Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research, Berlin