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Reindeer are ruminants, having a four-chambered stomach. They mainly eat lichens in winter, especially reindeer moss. However, they also eat the leaves of willows and birches, as well as sedges and grasses.
― im on the moon btw (The Reverend), Tuesday, 2 March 2010 08:10 (fifteen years ago)
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Reindeer have been herded for centuries by several Arctic and Subarctic people including the Sami and the Nenets. They are raised for their meat, hides, antlers and, to a lesser extent, for milk and transportation. Reindeer are not considered fully domesticated, as they generally roam free on pasture grounds. In traditional nomadic herding, reindeer herders migrate with their herds between coast and inland areas according to an annual migration route, and herds are keenly tended. However, reindeer have never been bred in captivity, though they were tamed for milking as well as for use as draught animals or beasts of burden.
― im on the moon btw (The Reverend), Tuesday, 2 March 2010 08:11 (fifteen years ago)
do reindeer subsist on caribou moss?
― noted schloar (dyao), Tuesday, 2 March 2010 08:11 (fifteen years ago)
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The name rein (-deer) is of Norse origin (Old Norse hreinn, which again goes back to Proto-Germanic hraina and Proto-Indo-European kroino meaning "horned animal"). In Finnish the reindeer is known as poro and in Sami poatsu (in Northern Sami boazu, in Southern Sami bovtse, in Lule Sami boatsoj). The name caribou comes, through French, from Mi'kmaq qalipu, meaning "snow shoveler", referring to its habit of pawing through the snow for food. In Inuktitut, the caribou is known by the name tuttuk (Labrador dialect). In Cree-Montagnais-Naskapi dialects the caribou is called atihkw.
― im on the moon btw (The Reverend), Tuesday, 2 March 2010 08:15 (fifteen years ago)
xp: wiki sez so!
Cladonia rangiferina, also known as Reindeer lichen (c.p. Sw. renlav), lat., is a light-colored, fruticose lichen belonging to the family Cladoniaceae. It grows in both hot and cold climates in well-drained, open environments. Found primarily in areas of alpine tundra, it is extremely cold-hardy.
Other common names include Reindeer moss and Caribou moss. As the common names suggest, Reindeer lichen is an important food for reindeer (caribou), and has economic importance as a result. Synonyms include Cladina rangiferina and Lichen rangiferinus.
― im on the moon btw (The Reverend), Tuesday, 2 March 2010 08:17 (fifteen years ago)
will the phrase "make it rain, dear" ever make its way into rap's lexicon?
― noted schloar (dyao), Tuesday, 2 March 2010 08:20 (fifteen years ago)