How are reindeer antlers similar to fingerprints?

Like a human's fingerprint no two reindeer antlers are exactly the same. Their hooves are used to dig for food in the snow. The outer edges of their hooves are sharp while help them walk on ice and rocks.

1. Are antlers like fingerprints?
2. What is unique about reindeer antlers?
3. What does the reindeer use its antlers for?
4. When Santa visits Finland What does Santa ride?
5. Why are antlers shaped like that?
6. Why do deer have different shaped antlers?
7. What is the pedicle on antlers?
8. Is Rudolph a boy or a girl?
9. Does Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer have a girlfriend?
10. Is Santa's reindeer male or female?
11. Does it hurt a deer to break an antler?
12. Why do antlers have velvet?
13. What do you call a baby reindeer?
14. Does Santa ride a goat in Finland?
15. What is Santa's mode of transportation in Finland?

Are antlers like fingerprints?

That will scab over and heal, unless they get injured during that brief period, and then when the antlers start growing again they'll erupt from the pedicle. ...

What is unique about reindeer antlers?

Both male and female reindeer grow antlers, while in most other deer species, only the males have antlers. Compared to their body size, reindeer have the largest and heaviest antlers of all living deer species. A male's antlers can be up to 51 inches long, and a female's antlers can reach 20 inches.

What does the reindeer use its antlers for?

Caribou (also known as reindeer) use their antlers to scrape away snow and soil to find food, as well as to defend themselves. Both male and female caribou have antlers, making them the only deer species in which females have antlers!

When Santa visits Finland What does Santa ride?

When Santa visits Finland he does not ride in a sleigh pulled by reindeer. Instead, he rides on a straw goat named Ukko. Just like a human fingerprint no two reindeer antlers are exactly the same. The first candy canes were straight white sticks.

Why are antlers shaped like that?

Antler shape has evolved just as the shape of a bird's beak has evolved to match its food source. Antler and horn shape correlates to social interaction and mating, which is evident during the fall rut.

Why do deer have different shaped antlers?

Antlers reflect an individual's nutrition, especially protein and energy levels. A difference of 8 percent and 16 percent protein in a deer's diet at 4 years of age can cause a 20-inch difference in antler size.

What is the pedicle on antlers?

Antlers develop on top of permanent outgrowths of the frontal bones, referred to as pedicles (Goss, 1983), and are generally grown only by male deer. However, in the reindeer (Rangifer tarandus) also females bear antlers, which are smaller than those of bulls (Lincoln, 1992).

Is Rudolph a boy or a girl?

Rudolph the red nosed reindeer is actually female, scientists have said. Edinburgh University professors Gerald Lincoln and David Baird say Rudolph cannot be a male because female reindeer still have antlers at Christmas. Males shed theirs before mid-December.

Does Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer have a girlfriend?

Clarice is the love interest and later girlfriend of Rudolph the red reindeer and one of the tritagonists of the 1964 Rankin/Bass TV film Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer and the deuteragonist in it's 2001 sequel Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer and The Island Of Misfit Toys.

Is Santa's reindeer male or female?

Science Says Santa's Reindeer Are Actually All Female. Surprise! Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donner, Blitzen, and yes, even Rudolph, are ladies.

Does it hurt a deer to break an antler?

Deer shed their antlers during late fall to early winter. ... It takes a few weeks for the tissue to break up, and then the antlers shed. “Does it hurt the deer?” asked Lauren Townsend and Jordan Mousley. This does not cause the deer any pain.

Why do antlers have velvet?

During the early spring, the pedicles grow two little stubs of bone wrapped in sensitive skin called velvet. The velvet around the stubs of antlers provides the blood and oxygen that the antlers need to fully mature. After they have fully grown, you will see the antlers of the whitetail deer in velvet.

What do you call a baby reindeer?

At birth, a baby reindeer, called a calf, weighs 5 to 20 lbs. (2.5 to 9 kg). Calves are able to stand after their first hour of life and within a week they start eating solid food in addition to their mother's milk.

Does Santa ride a goat in Finland?

Finnish people believe that Santa Claus or Father Christmas lives in the north part of Finland called Korvatunturi (or Lapland), north of the Arctic Circle. ... Over time the goat became the gift giver and then Santa took over the gift giving duties but the name of the Christmas Goat was still retained in Finland!)

What is Santa's mode of transportation in Finland?

The Finnish double-decker night train, known as the Santa Claus Express, travels from Helsinki to snow-covered Lapland in the north.