Reindeer

text: Harini (Northville, USA), photo taken in regional history museum by Kolya (Russia)

The reindeer is a very fascinating animal, domesticated reindeer are
usually found in northern Scandinavia and Russia while the wild reindeer are found in Norway, North America, Greenland, Northern parts of Russia and Iceland.

The weight of a female is typically 60-170 kg and 132-375 lb while a male can weigh up to 300 kg and 661 lb.

Reindeer love to eat lichens in the winter, and especially reindeer moss, they also eat the leaves on the willow trees and birches.