Ol Smoke Posted December 27, 2015 Share Posted December 27, 2015 I heard this the other day and really couldn't find an answer so I will put it on here. Santa's reindeer. Are they female or male? This person said they were female because the male's lose their antlers in the winter. Therefore, since all the pictures of the reindeer show them with antlers, then they are females. Because female reindeer never shed their antlers. But the picture below shows them with antlers, so? Plus, is there a meaning behind the names? Just looking for an answer. Thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ol Smoke Posted December 27, 2015 Author Share Posted December 27, 2015 Right after I posted this, I got an answer from another source. According to the Alaska Department of Fish and Game, while both male and female reindeer grow antlers in the summer each year (the only members of the deer family, Cervidae, to have females that do so), male reindeer drop their antlers at the beginning of winter, usually late November to mid December. Female reindeer retain their antlers till after they give birth in the spring. Therefore, according to every historical rendition depicting Santa's reindeer, every single one of them, from Rudolf to Blitzen........had to be a female. We should've known this when they were able to find their way... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Masa_1964 Posted December 27, 2015 Share Posted December 27, 2015 Well u got here in "rykimis" time and u will know difference 90% of finns dosent know what it means but that's other story male raindeers will bleed blood trought horns and stuff Masa_1964 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leader RedBaird Posted December 27, 2015 Leader Share Posted December 27, 2015 Well u got here in "rykimis" time and u will know difference 90% of finns dosent know what it means but that's other story Neither goes Google Translate! It just repeats the word in English. "Detect language" says the word is Lithuanian but still won't translate it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Masa_1964 Posted December 27, 2015 Share Posted December 27, 2015 rykimäaika -> period of reindeer's rut Masa_1964 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leader RedBaird Posted December 27, 2015 Leader Share Posted December 27, 2015 rykimäaika -> period of reindeer's rut Masa_1964 Well, Google recognized the word as being Finnish, but it still wouldn't translate it! It said that the English "reindeer rut" was "poro kiima" in Finnish, and that "period of reindeer's rut " = "ajan porojen kiima". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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