From the [url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/baby-caribou-moves-into-burin-peninsula-town-1.1894963]Canadian Broadcasting Corporation[/url].
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[quote=CBC]The town of Garnish on the Burin Peninsula has a new resident, but he won't be looking for a house and won't be paying taxes.
A caribou has wandered into the town, and now the yearling stag is hanging around cabins and chasing off-road vehicles.
People in the town have named the friendly animal Buddy.
Wildlife officials won't kill the animal because he isn't a nuisance to the community, and he can't be released into the wild because he is too fearless and friendly.
The town contacted the Salmonier Nature Park, and soon Buddy will be paired up with a female caribou living at the park. [/quote]
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What a cutie-pa-tootie!
What's the plural of Caribou?
Caribbean
What a nice article.
[QUOTE=Papytendo;42410690]What's the plural of Caribou?[/QUOTE]
Caribi
[QUOTE=Papytendo;42410690]What's the plural of Caribou?[/QUOTE]
Technically it's caribous but people generally just say caribou (like how sheep is both singular and plural)
We do the same for elk and deer even though elks and deers are probably completely fine words
Yup.
It's Canada.
[QUOTE=mysteryman;42410841]Yup.
It's Canada.[/QUOTE]
Well yeah
Canada is the only country that has this animal and calls it caribou (sans alaska), Europeans call them reindeer
[QUOTE=Zeke129;42410874]Well yeah
Canada is the only country that has this animal and calls it caribou (sans alaska), Europeans call them reindeer[/QUOTE]
Reindeer and Caribou are the same?!
[editline]4th October 2013[/editline]
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Caribou
Caribou sounds like a bird, not a real animal.
[QUOTE=Riller;42411052]Caribou sounds like a bird, not a real animal.[/QUOTE]
are birds not real animals? :v:
[QUOTE=Justjake274;42410754]Caribi[/QUOTE]
like the japanese snacks maker? :v:
I was born in this area and have family that live around there and I can confirm it's the middle of buttfuck nowhere.
Man, that caribou is living the life. He even gets his women delivered to him.
[QUOTE=Hidole555;42410980]Reindeer and Caribou are the same?!
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same species but generations of domestication have made reindeer generally smaller
[QUOTE=Zeke129;42412877]same species but generations of domestication have made reindeer generally smaller[/QUOTE]
Most wild dogs tend to be unusually small, almost dingo-like, actually. Furthermore, most domesticated dogs (see huskies, great danes, labradours, etc. etc.) tend to be unusually big compared to both wolves and coyotes as a matter of fact.
[QUOTE=Zeke129;42410874]Well yeah
Canada is the only country that has this animal and calls it caribou (sans alaska), Europeans call them reindeer[/QUOTE]
sorry i'm not as knowledgeable on caribou as you.
[QUOTE=amorax;42413024]Most wild dogs tend to be unusually small, almost dingo-like, actually. Furthermore, most domesticated dogs (see huskies, great danes, labradours, etc. etc.) tend to be unusually big compared to both wolves and coyotes as a matter of fact.[/QUOTE]
you'd need to ask a biologist to know for sure but my science guess it that reindeer and dogs are different because of reasons
domesticated dogs would be bigger because domesticated dogs would have a more constant source of food i'd say
I just heard that reindeer are smaller because of domestication, it might not even be the full story. Their diet is going to be fairly different over there.
Damn, so now all I have to do is show up in a random town I've never been to before, be friendly and they'll find me a house with a woman just for me? :v:
[QUOTE=amorax;42413024]Most wild dogs tend to be unusually small, almost dingo-like, actually. Furthermore, most domesticated dogs (see huskies, great danes, labradours, etc. etc.) tend to be unusually big compared to both wolves and coyotes as a matter of fact.[/QUOTE]Uh, timberwolves are fucking huge dude, and I'm sure there's plenty of other wolf species that are pretty big.
Dogs that are specifically bred to be big are obviously big, at the the same time you have tiny dogs that were also specifically bred to be small. It has less to do with domestication directly and more with the goals of the breeders. My guess would be reindeer were domesticated and then bred to be smaller, for various reasons.
Caribou[U]x[/U]
caributts
Aw it's nice to see articles like this
Caribou you're not Soylent Green stop
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