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Reindeer & Deer

  • Reindeer have six stomachs.
  • Laplanders who still herd reindeer use snowmobiles, two-way radios, even helicopters.
  • Deer often have twins.
  • Fastest-growing animal tissue is in deer antlers. It's not out of the question for a deer's antlers to grow half an inch a day.
  • Reindeer grunt a lot...much like pigs.
  • Milk of a white-tailed deer is about twice as rich as that of a Jersey cow.
  • A deer, unencumbered by offspring, typically moves from one bedding spot to another four times a night.

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