Real Reindeer

8 responses to “Real Reindeer”

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   Dabbler

   Dec 25, 2005 at 5:59 pm

   did you know that male reindeer loose their antlers this time of year, they only have them for rutting. The females don’t loose them because they need antlers to defend their young. So Santa’s reindeer pulling his sleigh are actually females (figures they do all the work 😉

   Happy Holidays!
   

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   jurvetson

   Dec 25, 2005 at 6:18 pm

   Hmmm…. reminds me of the elk:
   

   and the social insects…
   

   The honey bees and the ants that you see above ground… buzzing around and doing all the work… well, they are all female.

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   abstracted question

   Dec 25, 2005 at 9:27 pm

   Nice picture of the reindeers. I actually just saw these reindeers about an hour ago at the zoo. too bad it was raining or I would have taken some more pictures of them.

   Merry Christmas!!!

   I noticed you took the picture on the 23rd I was there also that day trying out my new zoom lense I bought. 🙂

   (from the San Francisco Zoo Group)

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   B. Wilson aka Timo Poppius

   Dec 25, 2005 at 11:24 pm

   Happy holidays !!

   Here real real real reindeers from where they really live. Driving up there you must always be carefull… This is taken last year driving 300 miles north of arctic circle to our old reindeer farm .

   

   See more in my Lapland set: http://www.flickr.com/photos/66431268@N00/sets/727558/

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   angry shock

   Dec 26, 2005 at 1:18 am

   dabbler, that´s a very interesting point.

   Perhaps the Santa traditional imagery and depiction is just for semantic purposes. To prevent the reindeers from looking like young cows (without antlers)… :-***

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6. 

   well-made spoon

   Dec 26, 2005 at 7:22 am

   Very cool – a pic of the Real thing ! Luv it !
   Merry Christmas !

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7. 

   racingsquirrel

   Dec 27, 2005 at 10:40 pm

   Thanks for the photo of the Real Thing! Who would have guessed.

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8. 

   Nell M

   Dec 31, 2005 at 2:09 am

   Wow Dabbler, I didn’t know that.

   They are very cute, I had never seen real reindeer before.

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