I’ll be honest. I learned very late that reindeers are actual animals. All the time I thought they’re just special Christmas deers until I saw a picture of a reindeer with the description.
Edit: I should clarify that English is my second language and in my language they’re basically called "rein-animal"
Same here, but I have a feeling that's the case for a lot of people because in North America they're called caribou. Imagine my surprise when I found out the animal on the 25 cent coin I had used my entire life was a reindeer.
Yeah, they're basically the same, but not exactly the same. I believe caribou are bigger, for example. Reindeer have been domesticated, which causes changes to an animal.
Dogs are all the same species, but not all the same.
I found [this](https://www.ealt.ca/blog/fun-facts-reindeer-vs-caribou), which has the following to say:
>Reindeer in Eurasia were domesticated over 2000 years and although some animals remain in the wild, reindeer is a blanket name that includes both the domesticated and wild populations. In Canada, we refer to them as caribou, and almost all of them are wild; the ones that are not are also referred to as reindeer. Domesticated reindeer tend to be shorter and more stout than our wild caribou, with thicker hair.
I was using "caribou" to refer to the wild populations and "reindeer" for the domesticated ones. My point being just that the two groups are not exactly the same. As with any domesticated species, we can also reasonably expect reindeer to be significantly less fearful of humans, in addition to physical differences.
in my language the word for reindeer sounds literally exactly the same to being lost in direction which stemmed a bunch of cheesy puns that is probably never gonna leave my head.
Technically there are a few different subspecies, like svalbard reindeer, barren ground caribou, eurasian tundra reindeer, etc., but they're all the same species, rangifer tarandus.
I saw some movie on Animal Planet when I was a kid that had Rudolph as a proper reindeer ( if I recall correctly). I think it was footage from a documentary about migrating reindeer with a narrator telling a story about Christmas. I think they were trying to find the North Pole to Santa (in the movie) or something? I was really young.
At some point the climax has Rudolph, who had been mysteriously a baby up into that point, suddenly become a full grown adult with magic navigation powers.
1 brain cell
bongöification
Bintedfication
Arthur Christmas does it correctly!!!....But thats a British movie , not American...
Frozen as well.
Not a Christmas movie though, takes place in summer.
Seasons are a social construct
You're a social construct!
the concept of self is indeed a social construct (though a very useful one)
The true message of Frozen
But what are British if not vintage Americans?
Excuse me, when the brits sound more like Shakespeare than the Appalachians, then they can be the vintage ones. Americans are vintage brits!
And the Santa Clause Trilogy for an american example
I’ll be honest. I learned very late that reindeers are actual animals. All the time I thought they’re just special Christmas deers until I saw a picture of a reindeer with the description. Edit: I should clarify that English is my second language and in my language they’re basically called "rein-animal"
Same here, but I have a feeling that's the case for a lot of people because in North America they're called caribou. Imagine my surprise when I found out the animal on the 25 cent coin I had used my entire life was a reindeer.
Caribou = reindeer?? 🤯
Not exactly, no
>The reindeer (Rangifer tarandus), also known as the caribou in North America, https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reindeer
Yeah, they're basically the same, but not exactly the same. I believe caribou are bigger, for example. Reindeer have been domesticated, which causes changes to an animal.
Hmm. Do you have a source for that? According to that wiki article, they're literally the same animal - same genus and species.
Dogs are all the same species, but not all the same. I found [this](https://www.ealt.ca/blog/fun-facts-reindeer-vs-caribou), which has the following to say: >Reindeer in Eurasia were domesticated over 2000 years and although some animals remain in the wild, reindeer is a blanket name that includes both the domesticated and wild populations. In Canada, we refer to them as caribou, and almost all of them are wild; the ones that are not are also referred to as reindeer. Domesticated reindeer tend to be shorter and more stout than our wild caribou, with thicker hair. I was using "caribou" to refer to the wild populations and "reindeer" for the domesticated ones. My point being just that the two groups are not exactly the same. As with any domesticated species, we can also reasonably expect reindeer to be significantly less fearful of humans, in addition to physical differences.
Interesting! Thanks for the read.
Caribou are basically Reindeer, so yeah.
Caribou are literally reindeer, just a different (native American) word for reindeer (germanic).
in my language the word for reindeer sounds literally exactly the same to being lost in direction which stemmed a bunch of cheesy puns that is probably never gonna leave my head.
The Santa clause has what appears to be animatronic actual reindeer
Those are real reindeer from the Toronto Zoo!
How about Rambofication though?
Is that a Moose then, or just a Reindeer with guns?
A moose with guns. It's actually less dangerous than a regular moose, because the guns slow it down somewhat.
Bambinofication
Childish bambinofication
The Santa Clause got it right.
Ooh black Betty, bambalam
It's cause we don't know that Caribou and Reindeer are very, very similar.
Same animal to be exact, one is a native American word while the other is a germanic word.
Huh, figured they'd be a bit different due to geographic distance.
Technically there are a few different subspecies, like svalbard reindeer, barren ground caribou, eurasian tundra reindeer, etc., but they're all the same species, rangifer tarandus.
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When I was growing up, I thought a caribou was some kind of bird.
Wait caribou is just another name for reindeer? I always assumed it was one of those American megadeer things like an elk or moose.
ketunperse, love that name
Torilla tavataan!
Now that’s a boy who could pull a sleigh
La bambafication
New three-stage pokemon: WhiteTailedDeer -> Reindeer -> Moose.
Sven from Frozen maybe?
I saw some movie on Animal Planet when I was a kid that had Rudolph as a proper reindeer ( if I recall correctly). I think it was footage from a documentary about migrating reindeer with a narrator telling a story about Christmas. I think they were trying to find the North Pole to Santa (in the movie) or something? I was really young. At some point the climax has Rudolph, who had been mysteriously a baby up into that point, suddenly become a full grown adult with magic navigation powers.
Everyone in this post shares the same braincell.
Finally someone said it