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BUY OUR NEW FILM 'FOUR SEASONS'. A YEAR IN THE LIFE OF OUR REINDEER

 

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Section Two
Section Three
Section Four
Section Five
Section Six
Section Seven
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TILLY SMITH'S NEW BOOK ON THE NATURAL HISTORY OF REINDEER, BUY IN OUR NEW SHOP

 
 
 
 
FAMILY :
Deer (Cervidae).
SPECIES :
Rangifer Tarandus
SIZE :
Approx 1 Metre at the Shoulder
BEHAVIOUR :
Highly gregarious, generally found in a herd

BROCHURES. Want to know more? We have produced two brochures about Reindeer, one is a "Student's Pack" which contains a variety of information intended for both educational and fun purposes. And the other is a 16 page "Reindeer Booklet". Both of these are available, free of charge, here at the Download Area in the left sidebar.

The Student Information Pack contains a variety of information intended for both educational and fun purposes. We have split it into 7 sections so that you don't have to download it all in one session. Each section starts with a header page telling you what the following pages are about. If you decide to print out all seven sections you will find that if you put them together, (after removing the header pages), all the page numbers are in order from 1 to 32. Any teachers amongst you may find its format useful in the classroom. If you feel that any changes would be helpful to make the pack fall in line with particular aspects of the National Curriculum, please let us know.

The Reindeer Booklet is in one section and will download easily.

 

R eindeer and Caribou are the same species
E very reindeer regardless of sex or age grows a new set of antlers every year.
I ce and snow are no problem. Reindeer have thick Winter coats for Arctic life.
N omadic tribes throughout Arctic Scandinavia and Russia have domesticated reindeer.
D uring May and June the calves are born. Very precocious, they grow quickly.
E dible mushrooms, lichens and Arctic vegetation are the favourite food of reindeer.
E xtra wide, splayed hooves enable reindeer to spread weight on soft snow to prevent them sinking.
R eindeer have a short, dark Summer coat and thick, lighter coloured Winter coat.

 

 

 

 

 

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