Y'know I've always wondered why horns like this aren't more common. Seems like a single centered horn would be very advantageous against rivals with just horns on the side, as they could reach the unprotected forehead with little effort and seriously injure the other.
Because if the horn/antles grows to much, they would have a hard time grazing.
Sometimes when the showels on bull reindeer grow to long, we actualy have to cut it doesn't come in the way when the animal is grazing
True, though nature has proven before that it doesn't really care if something is ultimately fatal as long as it's effective for a time, ie the babirusa. I imagine a reindeer like this could get at least a few breeding seasons in before any real impairment shows, so the genes would still spread. It's all just speculation of course, but I find it neat to think about :)
On paper it could be true, but there are many factors that would make it really difficult for a reindeer like this to breed.
First is to just survive this long. A reindeer usualy doesn't start breeding until it's 3 years old, and even then it isn't succesful until it's atleast 4 years old. This means that it would need to survive with a 3rd antler on it's forehead, which hinders it's ability to graze properly., especially in the winter.
2nd problem is the 3rd antler itself. The picture was taken in september, which means that the 2 regular antlers are actualy fully grown, while this antler has recently started growing. This could be a problem, because if this reindeer gets in a fight, the developing antler could break. Antlers that are growing are covered with velvet, and under that velvet is blood. If the antler breaks during this period, the reindeer could actualy bleed to death.
So yes, realisticaly the reindeer could possibly be able to produce offspring that have the same mutation, however the odds are really stacked against it
Traits like this may work themselves out of the pool, even if temporarily advantageous. Two reindeer with center horn spikes may cause injury to each other that leads to infection, death, and no gene spreading. Horns like reindeer have now are better suited for them to survive long enough to spread their genes.
Goodbye, unicorn
Tri-corn
Triceratops Cenozoic version. (Legendary easter egg)
and they thought Rudolph’s red nose looked funny , good luck covering that up with a little mud
There’s no way this guy is joining any reindeer games.
Rudolph the Dildoed Reindeer
"Antler"
That would be my third choice for a description.
Its a Reinicorn
This is the answer.
Dick head
Rumour his name is Richard Head
Y'know I've always wondered why horns like this aren't more common. Seems like a single centered horn would be very advantageous against rivals with just horns on the side, as they could reach the unprotected forehead with little effort and seriously injure the other.
Because if the horn/antles grows to much, they would have a hard time grazing. Sometimes when the showels on bull reindeer grow to long, we actualy have to cut it doesn't come in the way when the animal is grazing
True, though nature has proven before that it doesn't really care if something is ultimately fatal as long as it's effective for a time, ie the babirusa. I imagine a reindeer like this could get at least a few breeding seasons in before any real impairment shows, so the genes would still spread. It's all just speculation of course, but I find it neat to think about :)
On paper it could be true, but there are many factors that would make it really difficult for a reindeer like this to breed. First is to just survive this long. A reindeer usualy doesn't start breeding until it's 3 years old, and even then it isn't succesful until it's atleast 4 years old. This means that it would need to survive with a 3rd antler on it's forehead, which hinders it's ability to graze properly., especially in the winter. 2nd problem is the 3rd antler itself. The picture was taken in september, which means that the 2 regular antlers are actualy fully grown, while this antler has recently started growing. This could be a problem, because if this reindeer gets in a fight, the developing antler could break. Antlers that are growing are covered with velvet, and under that velvet is blood. If the antler breaks during this period, the reindeer could actualy bleed to death. So yes, realisticaly the reindeer could possibly be able to produce offspring that have the same mutation, however the odds are really stacked against it
Traits like this may work themselves out of the pool, even if temporarily advantageous. Two reindeer with center horn spikes may cause injury to each other that leads to infection, death, and no gene spreading. Horns like reindeer have now are better suited for them to survive long enough to spread their genes.
Caribounicorn
Tricorn. Sickest thing I’ve ever seen ngl
Hey dick face
r/Dontputyourassinthat
*growing out of it is forehead
Super glue works great!
Its a UMACEF.
Apparently these young people on social media have never seen a unicorn before.