There is a saying
Americans are hotly discussing the gender of Santa’s reindeer
Now there is a theory that they are female
Every year At Christmas time, Santa Claus always rides reindeer and sleigh around the world to deliver gifts. Why does he never seem to get lost? Perhaps there is a perfect reason to explain all this: Rudolph, the red-nosed reindeer who ran at the front to guide the way, was female and had no idea of ??stopping to identify the direction.
According to a report by USA Today on the 25th, the gender of Rudolph and several other sleigh-pulling partners is a hot topic on the Internet around Christmas every year.
This year, a well-known wildlife expert from Texas A&M University in the United States gave his own opinion. Alice Blue-McLeighton is a professor of veterinary medicine at the university, specializing in deer research.
She said: "Santa's reindeer is female, nine times out of ten." Because according to the description, Santa's reindeer has beautiful antlers. Generally, female deer do not have antlers, and antlers are the "patent" of male deer. But reindeer (also known as antlered deer or four-horned deer) are the only deer in which both males and females have antlers, and most male deer only start growing antlers before Christmas.
Greg Finstad, who specializes in reindeer research at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, believes that Santa’s reindeer should be castrated stags.
Greg said that pulling a sleigh around the world is strenuous work, and you have to maintain good physical strength throughout the winter. Santa Claus probably uses a gelding. First, the male deer consumed too much energy during the mating period of September and October and cannot complete such an arduous task; second, most female deer are in the pregnancy stage at Christmas, let alone engage in such high-intensity work. "You would never let a pregnant female deer pull a sleigh."
But more people still support the idea of ??a "women's sleigh reindeer team." Has anyone ever seen a stag adorned with a shiny red nose? Only women like trinkets.