OuiSi Nature card 120: Reindeer Antlers. Photograph by Kiliii Yüyan The whole photograph behind card 120: Reindeer Antlers. Photograph by Kiliii Yüyan

OuiSi Nature · Card 120

Reindeer Antlers

Rangifer tarandus

Location
Arctic Finland
Date
August 22, 2015
Photograph byKiliii Yüyan

Description

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.

Kiliii Yüyan

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Kiliii Yüyan

NatGeo photographer, Arctic+Indigenous stories, Nanai+Chinese descent

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Reindeer Antlers

Photograph by Kiliii Yüyan