reindeer

In 2007, a Russian hunter came across what he thought was the body of a reindeer sticking out of the snow.

As long as you could hunt reindeer, you were going to be alright.

The Samoyed dog takes its name from the Samoyedic peoples of Siberia and has been used for sledding and herding reindeer.

"There were reindeer on his boxer shorts, " he said, making a joke about how all the deer were red- nosed from blood.

The reindeer herder who discovered Lyuba sold her for two snowmobiles and a year's supply of food.

Which is exactly what reindeer seem to have done, according to a study in Current Biology.

If Santa Claus himself had come down out of the mountains, reindeer and all, I would not have been more pleased.

Finally, don't tell Rudolph, but a great reindeer stew can be had in Lapland as well.

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Reading on, he came to a passage about reindeer being wiped out on St Matthew Island in the Bering Sea.

Reindeer : Santa must use some form of transport . If He comes from North , so why not reindeers ? An American add-on to the story .

Of late, one of her subjects has been premodern mothers among the Sami people of Finland, who are famous for their reindeer herding.

On game day, Santa Rainbow got off to a rough start in the reindeer riding contest. The mechanical beast bucked him off in a few seconds.

Oh! Stable there, Santa! Those are his reindeer in front of him.

Santa's new hard hat has been decorated with red reindeer antlers to "Christmas it up a bit, " he added.

One of the best ways to experience tundra life is to accompany Sami reindeer herders on their annual spring migration.

Well, apart from being very disappointed not to see my favorite reindeer jumper again, I'm well.

We used a stage in the grand ballroom to produce a play about Santa and his reindeer.

His reindeer, says Silverberg, are genetically bred to fly, balance on rooftops and see in the dark.

Ella-Li Spik of Jokkmokk, Sweden, is one of only a small percentage of Sami who grow up herding reindeer.

In the name of the tsar, they demanded pelts as yasak (tribute) from reindeer herders, steppes nomads and hunter-gatherers.

Their language includes complex classifications that allowed reindeer herders to pack a density of meaning into a single word.

On land, creatures like lemmings, caribou, reindeer and snowy owls are being squeezed north into a narrower range.

Reindeer have already broken legs crossing a new railway line that Gazprom is building across the tundra to its new Bovanenkovo plant.

Did you get a new reindeer named Olive? You know, Olive the other reindeer!

Several bone carvings showed reindeer running, though reindeer were thought to have died out in that part of France 10, 000 years earlier.

The island itself is kind of like a Scandinavian Wild West. Reindeer exist in abundance, and polar bears are a genuine threat.

Other herders crest the rise on their ATVs, driving hundreds of thundering reindeer into a makeshift stockade.

With a closer look, the "reindeer" turned out to be a 40, 000-year-old baby mammoth.

As the pent-up energy of spring fills the air, a Nenets family prepares to follow its reindeer into the Siberian high Arctic.

Research on artificial rearing reindeer had never been carried out in China.

In what was probably a more relaxing role, Keira did voice duty on animated festive favourite Robbie the Reindeer.

Like cattle in other parts of the world, reindeer form the lifeline of these Yakut people.

Of course the region's reindeer were able to watch as both Moon and Sun hugged the northern horizon just above a cloud bank.

THE reindeer are straining at the harness, the sledge is packed and snow is falling softly all over central and eastern Europe.

Visitors, especially the children, can see the reindeer, feed the reindeer and stroke them.

So "Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer" -- you know it?

But please don't bring it if it makes you and the reindeer burn.

About half are reindeer herders of being up in the Tiger Taiga mountains.

Native to Siberia (duh), this breed was used for centuries by the Chukchi people to pull sleds and herd reindeer.

The herder tied the struggling young reindeer to a sled and hitched the sled to his snowmobile.

In the centre of the circle were the tattered remains of a reindeer who'd been torn to blood-drenched pieces.

The Lapps who live here off fishing and reindeer herding have done an admirable job of retaining their distinctive culture.

About half a are reindeer herders up in the Taiga mountains.

Children leave out milk and cookies before they go to bed, for Santa and his reindeer to enjoy.

She was discovered by a reindeer herder on a river bank in northwestern Siberia.

These animals, and also horses, can BE infected. Susceptible wildlife are reindeer, elk, caribou, deer, otter, coyotes and bison.

Other toe-curling photos include families dressed in fig leaves and Star Trek characters, and a couple with reindeer antlers.

Herders are now assigned to specific parcels of the reindeer's traditional grazing territories at designated times of the year.

About half are reindeer hurders of being herders up in the tiger Taiga mountains. the The other half live in a town.

Chopper, a reindeer, eats all the fruit, it has human properties, he is an excellent doctor.

Gordon: Santa flies around the world in a sleigh pulled by magical flying reindeer.

At the time our swimming reindeer were carved in Europe, the people of north-east Asia were about to settle the Americas.

The FBI are hunting the man after he escaped with a sack of cash - not by reindeer and sleigh but in a grey car.

He is said to live at the North Pole and drive a sled which is drawn through the sky by reindeer.

with plastic reindeer on the front lawn.

Molly : Santa flew around the world in a magic sleigh pulled by flying reindeer.

All of the other reindeer used to laugh and call him names . They never let poor Rudolph join in any reindeer games .

just before christmas this reindeer herd is grounded , due to recent outbreaks of foot - and - mouth disease and bluetongue virus.

To sell meat commercially, herders transport reindeer to slaughterhouses, which butcher the meat and discard the rest.

Who knows, but his reindeer must be very fit.

Animals - mammals, bison and reindeer - moved across to the American side, and hunting humans followed.

She took a reindeer from the daughter of a bandit, and arrived at Lapland.

it would make you and the sleigh and the reindeer all burn up.

To get around the island, one must rely on snowmobiles, cross-country skiis, or perhaps reindeer wrangling.

The pattern of the Reindeer Industry in West Siberian of Russia is an important issue for ethnology.

"There are still limitations on the export of sheep from Cumbria, in the U. K. , and reindeer from Scandinavia, " Hoffman said.

By contrast, reindeer (Rangifer tarandus) remained relatively unaffected and are found in the millions in the northern arctic regions today.

Leaders told her that the animals were not healthy and the number of reindeer was getting too small to support the community.

Fashionable retailers like Bloomingdale's, H&M and Abercrombie & Fitch are putting snowflake and reindeer styles in windows and catalogs.

Santa would need a reindeer that was strong, fast, and able to fly in dark, snowy weather.

The family slaughters a reindeer every couple of weeks, eating it raw and with pasta.

For several days the mammoth sat outside his reindeer-skin tent, and may have been gnawed by hungry sled dogs.

So ask a reindeer what time of year it is, and it may be able to give you the date.

Back on the tundra reindeer herders say that finding mammoth remains is largely a matter of luck.

"To be today's champion, " the show's smiling host intoned, "name two of Santa's reindeer. "

wear with red , the blank is necessary in order to catch Santa Claus, reindeer pulling the sleigh full of gifts for you to send a gift.

there is a post office , a church and a blacksmith shop , to repair the shoes of the reindeer.

Guests sleep in a thermal sleeping bag on a special bed built of snow and ice, on reindeer skins.

After their debate, the delegates paraded through Copenhagen to the strains of "Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer. "

Researchers have discovered that Arctic reindeer can see ultraviolet light that would blind humans.

A soft boot MADE of reindeer skin or sealskin and worn by Eskimos.

Intact Ahrensburgian reindeer skeletons with arrowheads in their chests suggest some animals were sacrificed during rituals.

Santa is invisible to children since no one has actually seen him, his sleigh, or reindeer on Christmas Eve.

Scott's bunk in the Terra Nova hut (pictured in 2009) was piled with a reindeer-skin sleeping bag and several blankets.

Raised for its milk, meat, and hide, the reindeer is also used to haul things from place to place.

These interesting Christmas songs by Santa Claus and other common interpretation of many reindeer.

Memory stakes a trail in a roadless land as a Saami, or Lapp, herder heads for his reindeer herd 30 miles(48 kilometers) from Lovozero.

Pregnant reindeer cows, which keep their antlers over winter, cast shadows on the tarp framing their temporary pen.

The film tells the story of the birth of the Christmas tree, Santa's reindeer, his sleigh, his elves and the tradition of mistletoe.

Pregnant reindeer cows, which keep their antlers over winter, cast shadows on the tarp framing their temporary pen.

The film tells the story of the birth of the Christmas tree, Santa's reindeer, his sleigh, his elves and the tradition of mistletoe.

Paint your nose red and wear antlers. Constantly complain about how you never get to join in any of the reindeer games.

The stock consists of the polar bear, arctic wolf, arctic fox, lemming, musk ox, and reindeer.

We'll fix this, Steve. We'll be back home in the wobble of a reindeer's buttocks.

Our two reindeer represent the oldest piece of art in any British art gallery or museum, and it's alarmingly delicate.

Any of several large reindeer native to northern North America.

Traditionally, the Tofa people herded reindeer, hunted, and gathered.

This carving is an amazingly realistic representation of the reindeer who, 13, 000 years ago, were roaming in great herds across Europe.

Harvard biologist Donald Pfister claims that both people and reindeer ate the mushrooms.

At the annual spring festival at Yar Sale the Nenets test their reindeer's mettle with team racing.

The fauna of Tyva is also unique: you can meet both a reindeer and a camel here.

To keep the explorers warm, Nansen insulated his vessel with thick felt, reindeer hair, cork shavings, and tar.

But walking in a forest of reindeer antlers is a dangerous business.

arctic deer with large antlers in both sexes; called reindeer in Eurasia and caribou in North America.

The solstice comes and goes, but the Sami reindeer herders are too busy to pay much attention.

"I want to explore the world, " she says, "but I always want reindeer to be part of my life. "

I've got a phobia of being beheaded, and heights and speed and reindeer.

Santa Claus was a combination of only nine reindeer, to the future generations only had three more to become a full 12.

Carly Austin-Kukowski designs and sells guinea pig gear ranging from leopard-print dresses to elf costumes with reindeer hats.

You're the only flying reindeer we've got.

Scrambling down a reed-lined bank, the reindeer hunter gently coaxed the object from the mud.

If reindeer herding disappears, Sami traditions may vanish too.

A man herds reindeer in Bystrinsky Park on Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula.

An Arctic without ice. Polar bears extinct in the wild. Mass starvation of reindeer .

An animal park provides a close-up look at wolves, reindeer and elk, as well as typical farm animals.

The herd of reindeer was being trailed by a pack of wolves.

But other populations remained more carnivorous, such as the Saami of frigid northern Norway, whose ancestors herded reindeer.

In this way we lived a Samoan life: chopping wood sticks, setting on fire, eating reindeer with Italian pastas and sauna bathing.

Poor old man and his reindeer, on our own at Christmas?

They will spend sleepless nights marking the calves before moving the reindeer to their summer grazing grounds in the fjords.

Finally, he was awoken by the sound of snorting reindeer.

They got back home safely with the reindeer and lived happily ever after.

Mom: A reindeer? No, I can't. Santa needs them to carry the gifts.

Ikea has been accused of condoning cruelty to animals by selling salami made from Santa's four-legged sleigh-pullers, reindeer.

Nowdays, the atmosphere is very gloomy and cold, just like the Arctic. But we will find the way to live like reindeer.

A reindeer lies slaughtered on a table in the Gaups' modern kitchen in Kautokeino, Norway.

Son: Can you get me a reindeer? I really need it.

Santas at Montgomery Ward stores gave away 2. 4 million copies of a booklet entitled "Rudolf the Red-Nose Reindeer. "

Once those supplies were offloaded in Mumansk, reindeer hauled them to the battlefront.

The life of the Reindeer men was a frontier life.

One is from a company I have never heard of bearing an image of the corporate logo with reindeer antlers on top.

In spring it's difficult for the reindeer to pull the sledges.

Marks' musical version of "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" was recorded by Gene Autry in 1949.

As soon as they secure the reindeer, it's time to celebrate by eating one, starting with the tongue.

Survival is only possible because of reindeer fur.

Children try to lie away listening carefully because they are told that on Christmas Eve Santa Claus comes on a sleigh pulled by reindeer.

In fact, pretty soon, they've got a reindeer carcass! They haven't yet learned not to play with their food.

"Our reindeer were hungry. There wasn't enough pasture, " Jakov Japtik, a Nenets reindeer herder, told the Guardian.

There, atop hills haired by thin birch forest, are the prodigious antlers of his family's reindeer herd, more than 2, 000 strong.

Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer' is an example of apposition.

The herders stop at the town on their trek north to summer pastures for their reindeer.

The sleigh on the roof, the eight beautiful reindeer.

The latest is a 37, 000 year old baby mammoth found by a reindeer herder in northern Siberia in May.

I did the whole thing with six reindeer and a drunken elf!

Reindeer don't sleep eight hours like we do, and there's no obvious 24-hour pattern to their lives.

He listened and the sound came nearer and nearer and at last there swept into sight a sledge drawn by two reindeer.

Santa Claus riding a reindeer at this time is happy to fly in the sky.

Santa drives a sleigh pulled by reindeer.

For example, that a fat man in a red suit flies through the air on a sleigh pulled by reindeer.

"We might see a moose, a reindeer and if we're lucky we might see a bear, " she adds.

Santa's reindeer eat your pencil, what should you do?

Santa's sleigh is pulled by flying reindeer.

Wear a Santa hat or reindeer ears during your run.

The reindeer pulls the sleigh.

That makes the senior Kuoljoks a minority within a minority: only about 10 percent of the Sami still work in the reindeer trade.

"The reindeer are becoming unhappy, " said Issat Eira, a 31-year-old reindeer herder.

Stark and her team also observed that reindeer have a tremendous effect on what grows in the forest.

Back on the tundra Japitik was rounding up his reindeer.

Now we know is Santa Claus reindeer.

Just the normal stuff - a glass of milk and some reindeer food.

The makers asked for permission to bring in 12 reindeer to New Zealand to pull the Ice Queen's sled.

The Japtiks live with three other families; the group has around 600 reindeer.

"I feel empty when I am away from the reindeer, " he says.

The reindeer comes with us.

'He doesn't mind reindeer antlers, ' she says.

And 160 reindeer herders have already been evicted from their pastures.

In America and England, certain movies are as Christmassy as Santa, reindeer, and the fairy on top of the tree.

Some people think that Santa Claus and talking snowman and flying reindeer and candy-cane trees have any religious significance at all.

Lapland Lapps and the reindeer is not only a home, but also the home of Santa Claus.

Please put diapers on the reindeer this year -- I had to sweep off the roof last year!

4 years ago the Tsaatan had fewer than 500 reindeer.

I think it's to hit the reindeer. -He-he!

I like the reindeer as much as the next man.

What do you mean? - Reindeer are.

The Reindeer Erwenkes is a special community of Erwenkes in China.

They live in unfrequented forests of Xing'anLin, and make a living by feeding reindeer.

If a reindeer gets sick take my brother to help pull the sleigh . He's hyperactive anyway!

Even granting that "flying reindeer" (see #1) could pull 10 TIMES the normal amount, we cannot do the job with 8, or even 9 reindeer.

The deep connection between Sami herders and the reindeer is hundreds of years old.

The smaller, female reindeer is in front with the very tip of the tusk forming the tip of her nose;

Lyuba, whose carcass is 40, 000 years old, was found by a reindeer herder in Yamal Peninsula in Russia in 2007.

Snowmen and reindeer came out to greet

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Investigation of Cephenemyia trompe maggot infection rate and intensity reindeer

But a miniature sleigh, and eight tiny reindeer

Reindeer's flying to the sky so high

Christmas Fine Art - Christmas ReinDeer Rudolph

Observations on the living-habits of Cephenemyia trompe in reindeer

Reindeer in the Swedish Mountains: An Assessment of Grazing Impacts

The Land of the Lapps and Reindeer

Reindeer's flying in the sky so high

Study on Synchronization Oestrus of Reindeer

Agriculture Report - Two of Santa's Reindeer Flee in Texas (Really)

The reindeer herders are now almost as rare as wild Siberian tigers

Tow santa's sleigh with a reindeer

Discussion on the Flesh-eating Culture on Reindeer Owenke Nationality

The reindeer is singing our favourite song

Or the roof too high for a reindeer to fly

In 1939, another American poem gave Santa a ninth reindeer:

Rudolf the Red Nosed Reindeer

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What do you do if one of Santa's reindeer swallows your pencil? Answer: use a pen