OuiSi Nature · Card 120
Reindeer Antlers
Rangifer tarandus
- Location
- Arctic Finland
- Date
- August 22, 2015
Photograph byKiliii YüyanDescription
This reindeer herd is one managed by a Sami family, an Indigenous group living in Arctic Finland, who have lived alongside reindeer for thousands of years. Reindeer are the only deer in which both males and females grow antlers, and they shed and regrow them every year. Herding is the basis of Sámi culture; about 600 of Finland's 800 full-time herders are Sámi.
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The photographer
Kiliii Yüyan
NatGeo photographer, Arctic+Indigenous stories, Nanai+Chinese descent
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