Rudolph and his other seven friends are commonly thought of and referred to as males in pop culture. But according to science, Christmas carolers have had it all wrong all along. Story Via: The Telegraph
Edinburgh University professors Gerald Lincoln and David Baird tell the U.K.'s Telegraph that Santa's reindeer can't be male for one simple reason: Only female reindeer still have antlers at Christmas; the males of the species shed their headgear before mid-December.
Male reindeer drop their antlers at the beginning of winter, usually late November to mid-December. Female reindeer retain their antlers until after they give birth in the spring. Therefore, according to every historical rendition depicting Santa's reindeer, every single one of them, from Rudolph to Blitzen . . . had to be female.
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