[Responsibility2nd]

A moose bit my sister once.

She thought he was a reindeer. So she ate him.

[blam]

GGG Ping.

A Written Record?

[squarebarb]

Could have been used as a grater or to smooth something. Grate husks off grains?

[enough_idiocy]

They still eat it in Iceland.

[raybbr]

"Conversely, if we see equal frequencies of all types of skeletal elements it suggests that carcasses were transported intact and that minimal butchery was taking place at the kill site," said Faith, a George Washington University anthropologist.

He determined that 64,600 years ago, the cave dwellers -- including Neanderthals -- only brought back the choicest reindeer cuts. The meat seemed to multiply over the years so that by 12,285 years ago, virtually all parts of the reindeer were being eaten, with the animals constituting 90 percent of large mammal game.

This suggests the reindeer population in the region steadily increased over the years, so the cavemen didn't have to travel far out of their homes to get a nutritious reindeer dinner.

I am having difficulty reconciling this.

If the meat was plentiful they would only take the choicest meat because it was so plentiful. It would seem that they would only take the whole carcass if the food was in short supply - or the human population took off and they needed all parts of the deer to support the tribe.

[RightWhale]

Reindeer sausage is available locally. Reindeer herds are allocated racially.

[Emmett McCarthy]

OK, then, I’m staying up late Christmas Eve with a 30 .06. I’ll just wait until Santa’s gone down the chimney. That one with the red nose ought to be pretty easy to pop.

[mylife]

Yummy

[AlaskaErik]

The pollen record for the region, which reflects past vegetation, shows ever-decreasing summer temperatures favored more and more reindeer, which thrive under cooler conditions. According to Faith, when temperatures rose sharply after around 12,000 years ago, "reindeer became locally extinct and their southern boundary in Europe retreated northwards."

Must have been about the time Fred Flintstone and his Neanderthal peers started driving those cars of theirs and caused the global warming of that era.

[redhead]

Reindeer is still a tasty meat. Very lean, but add a little suet, and it makes excellent sausage. Yum.

[Verginius Rufus]

One reason why Santa never brought them presents...but not the only one.

[Leo Carpathian]

According to Faith, when temperatures rose sharply after around 12,000 years ago, "reindeer became locally extinct and their southern boundary in Europe retreated northwards."

Paging Algore Manbearpig!
Must have been tooooo much exhausting CO2 coming out of raindears!

[girlangler]

Ping.

[Pelham]

I’m looking forward to a nice steak this Christmas Eve.

Come Dasher, come Prancer, come Donner and Blitzen...

[djf]

There was a show on PBS or something about some folks living in the far northern part of Russia near the Bering strait.

They are TOTALLY dependent on reindeer. The only thing that grows there is like this type of lichen or moss on the rocks. The only thing that will eat the crap is the reindeer.

So they have reindeer herds. And they use EVERYTHING from the animal when they slaughter it, probably even use reindeer spit for baby oil or somesuch.

[Libloather]

Reindeer: It's What Was For Dinner

BBQ that sucka until it tastes good!