Met some local wildlife on a roadtrip
By Torunn
@Torunn (8607)
Norway
July 17, 2021 9:20am CST
I had to crop the picture quite a lot, since I didn't bring my telephoto lens, but it should be clear enough to show the reindeer.
I went driving up in the mountains, about 2 hours from where I live. My friend took pictures with her mobile phone, so she could only see a blob with vague feet. Could be anything, moose, sheep, cow stuck in the moor.
Will you try to get a photo no matter what? No regards for danger or technical quality?
Reindeer are pretty safe. Shouldn't call them wildlife I suppose, they're owned by someone, but they're quite shy.
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@Torunn (8607)
• Norway
18 Jul 21
Dehli is a big city, isn't it? And very busy, it would be dangerous for wild animals there.
There's badgers across the street from me, they like living in town if they can find somewhere more quiet for their burrows. When I was kid, moose used to come into town, but now they stay away from the town centre.
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@Torunn (8607)
• Norway
18 Jul 21
They're lovely, aren't they? Much bigger and whiter than the same flowers in the hills around town.
It's of the family Eriophorum, according to the internet called cottongrass, cotton-grass or cottonsedge. We call it myrull = moor wool, 'cause it grows on moors and is nice and fluffy like wool.
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@Torunn (8607)
• Norway
22 Jul 21
@oahuwriter Oh no! I hope it got out again, although it was probably food in there, it's no place for wildlife.
I've never seen one, I checked the picture online. Very pretty patterns.
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@oahuwriter (26777)
• United States
22 Jul 21
@Torunn
Wildlife is that way. You know, I went to my neighborhood store Marukai, a little zebra dove greeted me, bewildered look in the store. So I silently prayed, it finds its way back outside.
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@Torunn (8607)
• Norway
17 Jul 21
Most reindeer in Europe are owned by people. It's wild reindeer on Svalbard, Iceland and a couple of herds in Norway. Most other places they're owned by the Sami. They're not tame as cows or pigs, they don't live inside and take care of themselves most of the year.
They're too small to be dangerous. On the roads, the biggest danger is for the reindeer, while crashing with moose is dangerous for both the moose and the driver.
@snowy22315 (180814)
• United States
17 Jul 21
No, too many other dumb people around who get killed like that. I would guess with the reindeer looking at it, that the poor stuck thing is a reindeer.
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@Torunn (8607)
• Norway
18 Jul 21
The Sami have a long tradition with being reindeer herders. It's considered rude to ask how many reindeer someone owns, it's like asking how much money you have in the bank.
We didn't see any herds, just the two of them. I might have to go further north to see the big herds.
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@prashu228 (37524)
• India
18 Jul 21
That's a good picture... hope you enjoyed the drive to the mountains
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