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Actually, according to the information I found, it is mature males who drop their antlers...but usually in December...which is still winter. lol

References:

http://www.bearcountryusa.com/animals/animal_info.php?id=15

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reindeer#Antlers


Incidentally, the origin of the word "reindeer" provides for a little bit of wordplay humor. Here, from Answers.com, is an explanation of the word origin:

Although Saint Nick uses reins on his reindeer and reindeer are used to pull sleds in Lapland and northern Siberia, the word reindeer has nothing to do with reins. The element -deer is indeed our word deer, but the rein- part is borrowed from another language, specifically from the Scandinavian languages spoken by the chiefly Danish and Norwegian invaders and settlers of England from the 9th to the 11th century. Even though the Old Icelandic language in which much of Old Norse literature is written is not the same variety of Old Norse spoken by these settlers of England, it is close enough to give us an idea of the words that were borrowed into English. Thus we can cite the Old Icelandic word hreinn, which means "reindeer," as the source of the first part of the English word. The word reindeer is first recorded in Middle English in a work composed before 1400.

Does that make the English translation of the word "reindeer" come off literally as "reindeerdeer"? ROFL

Sorry for the double-post, guys...


Looks pretty good for a start, Moki. At the very least, you've beaten everyone else to the punch!


That would be the standard thinking, sure.

But remember, the eight (nine? lol) reindeer in the Santa Claus story "The Night Before Christmas" (and the song "Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer") are works of fiction. And some of their names vary a bit (Donner is also "Donder", and Blitzen is also "Blixen" in some translations and versions). And bearing on what UK noted above, real male reindeer do eventually drop their antlers (as most other male members of the deer family do), while the females keep them throughout the year (thought to be a defensive mechanism to also help them compete for grazing in regions of tough climate, where food sources are not abundant)...and they are unique among the deer family in having antlers. No other female of any other deer species has them.

Wanna see something even more interesting? Look at this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Claus%27s_reindeer#Additional_reindeer

That looks good so far! Keep it up!


She is xD


DO ITTTTT

Aww those are cute too x3