What are facts about reindeer?

Answer 1

• In North, America reindeer are also called caribou.
• Both the males and females grow antlers.
• Their noses are specially designed to warm the air before it gets to their lungs.
• Reindeer hooves expand in summer when the ground is soft and shrink in winter when the ground is hard.
• Some subspecies have knees that make a clicking noise when they walk so the animals can stay together in a blizzard.
• Some North American caribou migrate over 3,000 miles in a year - more than any other land mammal.
• Though the thought of as a tundra species, a form of caribou lived in southern Idaho until the 19th century (there are ongoing efforts to re-establish them in the state).
• Northernmost species are much lighter in color than species at the southern end their range.
• Reindeer have been herded for centuries by several Arctic and Subarctic peoples.
• The name "reindeer" is of Norse origin (from the old Norse word "hreinn" for deer) and has nothing to do the reins of a sled. The name "caribou" comes to us through the French, from the Mi'kmag "qalipu," meaning "snow shoveler."
• Golden eagles are the leading predator of caribou calves in the late spring and fall.
• Once the entire body of a reindeer was found inside a Greenland shark (most likely a case of near-shore scavenging, as opposed to a migrating land shark).
• 13.) A measure of measure, reindeer are pretty awesome creatures. They are also threatened by global warming, oil exploration, and other human-caused pressures. They will surely need our help and appreciation for many holiday seasons to come.

Answer 2

Reindeer have 20-sudspeices.

Reindeer run over 48 mph

Answer 3

Both male and female reindeer grow antlers.