The tiny blood vessels provide plentiful oxygen-carrying cells and help control the body's temperature, showed their findings, which were backed by an infrared image of a reindeer after exercise. In order to deliver presents to children in around million homes where the Father Christmas tradition is observed, he would have to travel at around miles per second, they estimate. At such speeds, the reindeer, Father Christmas and the sleigh would be vaporised by friction with the air, along with the gifts and any little elfish helpers who came along for the ride.
Rudolph would need to deploy an ion shield to protect them, or exploit loopholes in the space-time continuum so that they travelled between dimensions in order to deliver the presents on time. For you. World globe An icon of the world globe, indicating different international options.
Get the Insider App. Click here to learn more. In fact, all reindeer, not just the most famous one of all, have 25 percent more capillaries that carry oxygen-rich blood to their nasal area than humans. When Rudolph is in the extreme cold temperatures at the North Pole or flying through the sky high up in the atmosphere, the blood flow to his nose helps keep him warm and his brain active. Looking for more Never Stop Asking "Why? Catch up on all of the past "Whys" on Pinterest or on the blog!
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It seems that reindeer are prey to 20 or more parasites specific to them as well as being infected by parasites common to other ruminants as well. Biologist Caroline Pond of the Open University, another scientist who has studied reindeer, says that they are not depicted at all accurately in the Christmas festivities.
Take, for example, the way they are usually represented on Christmas cards. Reindeer are the only deer species where both sexes have antlers but the males lose their antlers around the time of year that Christmas is celebrated.
Perhaps the inaccurate depictions of Rudolph with antlers seek to turn a blind eye to this seamier side of reindeer life. The reindeer Lapps or Sami, who live in northern parts of Norway, Sweden, Finland and Russia, for the most part use castrated reindeer to pull loads.
The more we learn about reindeer, the worse it gets for Christmas-card designers. While the males dissipate their energy on sex and violence, the females amass fat. By the time Christmas comes round, it is only the female reindeer that would have the antlers and the strength and energy to pull a sleigh loaded with presents all over the world. Rising infection rates in central and eastern Europe suggest a correlation between vaccine scepticism and populist politics.
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