A Male & Female Reindeer

There are always outliers in nature—anomalies that don’t seem real. The all-white reindeer is one oddity that takes you by surprise because it’s a far cry from the creature’s typical dark-brown fur. One of these elusive caribou, antlers and all, was recently spotted roaming Malå, Sweden in early September. Redditor nlsoy posted the picture of the colorless reindeer on the side of the road, but this is a serendipitous spotting—this variation is very rare. The cause of the all-white fur could…

I love the holiday season; it’s one of my favorite times of year. If you’re still shopping for the perfect gift for your animal-loving friends and family (as I am), check out my best picks for any budget:1. An artful animal pillow to dress their living room or bedroom ($30; order by December 10).2. A species adoption kit from the WWF of their favorite animal, like this polar bear, which includes a stuffed animal, an adoption certificate, a photo, an educational species card and a gift bag…

Fun fact ✨ 🦌 Male reindeers lose their antlers in winter and females don’t. 🎅🏽 This means that it is likely that female reindeer pulled Santa’s sleigh 😉 ❄️ Both male and female reindeer grow antlers. However, the males shed their antlers every Fall, while the females only shed theirs after giving birth. 🎀 Reindeer are the only deer species in which both sexes grow antlers. 🤍 Male and female reindeer can be distinguished by the shape of the white patch on their booty—heart-shaped for…

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Deer (singular and plural) are the hoofed ruminant mammals forming the familyCervidae. The two main groups are the Cervinae, including the muntjac, the elk(wapiti), the fallow deer and the chital, and the Capreolinae, including the reindeer (caribou), the roe deer and the moose. Female reindeer, and male deer of all species except the Chinese water deer, grow and shed new antlers each year. In this they differ from permanently horned antelope, which are part of a different family…

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