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"Born to Run!
A caribou calf can run within 90 minutes of its birth.
Newborns can walk within an hour, run within an hour and a half, and in a few days can outrun a person.
They have to be able to do this to keep up with the migrating herd. Adult caribou can run at speeds of 50 miles per hour.",
"Movers and Shakers.
Caribou are constantly on the move, looking for food sources.
During summer they eat the leaves of willows, sedges, flowering tundra plants, and mushrooms. In winter, they eat dried grass and plants, small shrubs such as blueberry and lichens, which are also called ‘reindeer moss’.",
"Swimming upstream!
Caribou are extremely strong swimmers. They can move across wide rushing rivers and the frozen waters of the Arctic.
They have unique hairs which trap air and provide them with insulation to keep them warm in harsh Arctic conditions.",
"Attack of the Killer Bugs!
Caribou will run miles to escape flying insects.
During summer, caribou are often harassed by hordes of mosquitoes, warble flies, caribou nostril flies and black flies. They become agitated and will run to get away from troublesome insects.
In large herds they’ll form tight groups numbering in the tens of thousands to reduce harassment from insects.",
"HUT, TWO, THREE, FOUR...
During migration, caribou travel up to 50 miles a day.
A caribou’s leg tendons make a cracking sound when it walks; this creates a noisy din when a migrating herd of several thousand animals move together. They will migrate more than 400-500 miles to reach winter or summer feeding grounds.",
"Mommy 'dear'est.
Female caribou don’t breed until they are 28 months old. Once they are of breeding age, they give birth to a single calf every year.
Calves weigh an average of 13 pounds and grow very quickly, doubling their weight in 10-15 days. ",
"Have you heard my pig impersonation?
Herds of snorting caribou sound like pigs.
Caribou are usually quiet animals, but they do like to make snorting sounds. Females and new-born calves are especially vocal as they communicate with each other.",
"Where is the male antler section?
The antlers of male caribou can extend four feet wide.
Unlike other deer species both cows and bulls grow distinctive antlers. Male antlers are designed to attract females, and are used as weapons for fighting rivals during the mating season. The antlers of the male are long, branched and massive, and flattened at the ends. The female’s antlers are much shorter and simpler.",
"Snow lover.
Caribou have hooves like snow-shoes. Their hooves are adapted to their environment.
Their spongy foot pads provide traction on boggy summer tundra and in the winter when the pads have shrunk and hardened, their hoof grips the ice or snow to prevent them from slipping and sliding. ",
"For the record...
The largest recorded caribou weighed 700 pounds. Adult bulls weigh up to 400 pounds, but can weigh as much as 700 pounds.
Mature females are much smaller and lighter and weigh between 175 and 225 pounds. They can measure up to 55 inches in height at the shoulder.",
"What's in a name?
The name caribou is thought to originate from ‘xalibu’, meaning ‘the one who paws’.
They have large, wide concave hooves which function as efficient shovels when they paw through snow to uncover lichen and other food sources during the winter months. It is thought that this ability might have given them their name.",
"Rudolph the Red-nosed reindeer...
There are about five million caribou in the world. They live in the arctic tundra, mountain tundra, and northern forests of North America, Greenland, Scandinavia, and Russia.
They were first domesticated in Norway and northern Asia and became known as reindeer. People used them to pull their sleds, provide milk, meat and skins to build their tents. North American reindeer became known as caribou.",
"Caribou country.
There are more caribou in Alaska than there are people. Alaska’s population numbers around 600,000, and there is almost twice the number of caribou, with over one million living in the State.
Caribou have a life span of about 15 years in the wild.",
];