Interesting Facts About the Reindeer

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Interesting Facts About the Reindeer

• Despite their inability to fly, reindeer are
  actually quite intriguing creatures. They have a
  number of different characteristics that make
  them unique among other deer, and are incredible
  survivors.
• Antlers Arent Just For the Boys  Both male
  and female caribou regularly possess antlers.
  This trait is unique among members of the
  Cervidae (deer) family. The percentage of female
  reindeer in a given population that have antlers
  varies by subspecies. Females still generally
  have smaller antlers than males.

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• Stupendous Size  Male caribou can have
  impressively large antlers. Depending on the
  location and the subspecies, some can grow
  antlers that are second in size only to those of
  the moose! Caribou actually have antlers that are
  the largest in the deer family, relative to body
  size.
• Reindeer vs. Caribou  While the terms
  reindeer and caribou both describe the same
  species, Rangifer tarandus, the names are not
  usually used interchangeably. In North America,
  the name most commonly used for these mammals is
  caribou. In Eurasia, they are almost always
  referred to as reindeer.

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• Super Herd  When we say these animals are
  social, we mean they are social! While most of
  the year caribou live in meager herds of 10 100
  individuals, the spring is when they really
  become socialites. These deer will congregate as
  they travel south in search of food, in groups of
  50,000 to 500,000 animals!
• Reindeer, also known as caribou, are large
  mammals native to the northern polar regions of
  the world. These cold-weather members of the
  deer, or Cervidae, family are famous for their
  association with Santa Claus. While their
  magic-enabled counterparts may soar through the
  sky to aid Saint Nick, the rest of the caribou
  are very much ground dwellers. Read on to learn
  about the reindeer.

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Beliefs, Superstitions, and Phobias About the
Reindeer
There are many tribes of people native to polar
regions that rely heavily on reindeer in some
fashion, as the fur, meat, antlers, and bones
have all been utilized for survival. This has led
to lots of mythological and spiritual stories
about reindeer or caribou. An Inuit story tells
of the origin of caribou, and describes a man who
made a wish for caribou and dug a hole in the
ground. From this hole hundreds of caribou
emerged, until the earth was nearly covered in
them, and the man filled the hole back in again.
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