Reindeer Distinct Characteristics
Reindeers are natural creations blessed with magnificent winter coat that provides not only beauty to every reindeer but also enable them adapt to live the difficult conditions of climate in Arctic areas. The reindeers have coat that is very noticeable because of its dense and compactness. They have long hollow hairs under laid by short, dense and soft wooly fur. The winter coat of reindeer also serves as materials for ample products that man can utilized over times.
Although reindeer present a great amount of racial and individual variation, the coloration of reindeer is predominantly brownish with white or light under parts, where inner legs and buttocks and winter coats are somewhat lighter. The ears and tails of reindeers are usually short and their throat is maned. Among other antler animals only the reindeer’s breed has antlers for both male and female. Because normally in the antler cycle only male grows their antlers. Antlers are essential to reindeers because this help them to compete for food during winter season.
A special feature of reindeer’s body is the heat exchange system. This allows the warm blood of reindeers to flow from the heart and heats the cold blood back to its limit. The good effect of this system is the heats are kept within the body of the reindeer.
The reindeer coat provides excellent insulation that works like a thermos flask, which means that cold cannot pass through inside their body. This also prevents heat to be released from their body. This coat special feature makes them have the characteristic to stand the coldness of the snow in Arctic countries. When they lie on snow, reindeer are well insulated that though there bodies are warm it cannot possibly melt down the snow. It is a natural occurrence that can only be seen in reindeers. The bed of snow is a comfortable place for reindeer to lie down.
The nose of reindeer is completely hairy or entirely covered by hair. These hairs around the reindeer’s nose keep them extremely warm while eating down through the snow. The warm and moist air being exhaled does not freeze on the nose because reindeers have nasal passages that warmed the air entering the lungs and cooled on the way out to prevent any heat loss.
Reindeers have also the ability to not sink deeply while walking over a deep snow or mushy ground because they possess large splayed hooves. This splayed hooves work to spread the load in reindeer’s body. According to the research each and every reindeer hoof can able to transmit a smaller pressure per square centimeter on the surface relative to the reindeer’s boy weight than most other hoofed animals. These hoofed are also well designed for pawing down through the snow to reach the lichen. Reindeers have hairs at the tip of their legs that grow long over and between each cleft hoof that prevent the reindeer from slipping on ice. As reindeer walk, a clicking sound is created by tendon slipping over a bone in the foot.
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06.06.2006.