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Female reindeer have antlers, and notably retain their antlers during the winter. Male reindeer, on the other hand, lose their antlers during winter and regrow them in spring. Female whitetail ...
When male reindeer shed their antlers in early to mid-winter, the antlered cows acquire the highest ranks in the feeding hierarchy, gaining access to the best forage areas. These cows are healthier than those without antlers. [135] Calves whose mothers do not have antlers are more prone to disease and have a significantly higher mortality. [135]
Female reindeer grow antlers that are significantly smaller than their male counterparts. Male reindeer grow antlers as long as 50 inches after multiple seasons of shedding.
The reindeer is called caribou in North America but retains the name reindeer across Europe and Asia. However, when caribou are domesticated in North America, they are referred to as reindeer ...
Antler comes from the Old French antoillier (see present French : "Andouiller", from ant-, meaning before, oeil, meaning eye and-ier, a suffix indicating an action or state of being) [3] [4] possibly from some form of an unattested Latin word *anteocularis, "before the eye" [5] (and applied to the word for "branch" or "horn" [4]).
Reindeer are the only species of deer where both males and females can grow antlers. Male reindeer often weigh three times the weight of an average person, while females are a bit smaller.
English: I found these antlers while walking in an Oklahoma field, on November 7, 2022. The base was bloody red, indicating that this particular deer probably cast them not long before I spotted them.
Every year, reindeer antlers shed their old antlers to grow new antlers for the upcoming seasons and conditions they must face. Fur Reindeer have such impressive antlers so that they can reach ...