graywolf, In eleven days in the park, I never heard one person call these animals reindeer. The color on these animals is off somewhat due to the heavy smoke (from the fires north of Fairbanks) that pervaded the park for the first several days I was there.
Kenneth Waller ----- Original Message ----- From: "Graywolf" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, December 21, 2004 1:05 PM Subject: Re: What a Rack! > After the original post I looked it up. Reindeer is the name of the domesticated > animal, carribou the name of the wild animal. Interestingly enough, no one has > been able to domesticate current carribou. Either those cavemen were smarter > than we are, or the animal was dumber back then (grin). > > The photo is of reindeer, BTW; carribou are amost always some shade of brown. > > graywolf > http://www.graywolfphoto.com > "Idiot Proof" <==> "Expert Proof" > ----------------------------------- > > > > > Illinois Bill wrote: > > Actually, > > > > Caribou and Reindeer are different in that they live in > > geographically different (and separate) portions of the Earth. > > Technically though, they are able to interbreed and produce fertile > > offspring (the requirements of a species), hence the same Latin > > (species) name. This came up in a discussion recently when scientists > > postulated (in an article in a local paper) that if current trends > > continue, that reindeer will no longer be found south of the Arctic > > Circle (which actually included caribou too) > > > > IL Bill > > On Dec 20, 2004, at 11:23 AM, Raimo K wrote: > > > >> I also thought that they were different but the Latin name is the same. > >> Reindeers are not so small - full grown males are quite big. > >> Fairytales are not always correct. > >> All the best! > >> Raimo K > >> Personal photography homepage at: > >> http://www.uusikaupunki.fi/~raikorho > >> > >> > >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "William Robb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> Sent: Monday, December 20, 2004 6:47 PM > >> Subject: Re: What a Rack! > >> > >> > >>> > >>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Raimo K" > >>> Subject: Re: What a Rack! > >>> > >>> > >>>> Rangifer tarandus - itīs the same as - reindeer. > >>> > >>> > >>> I had thought the reindeer was a smaller animal than the North > >>> American Caribou. > >>> Trivia time: It's the animal on the Canadian quarter, if you can find > >>> a quarter with an animal on it. > >>> > >>> William Robb > >> > >> > >> > >> > > > > > > > > > > > -- > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.296 / Virus Database: 265.6.2 - Release Date: 12/20/2004 >
