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Submariner

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Thu Dec 5, 2013, 06:07 PM Dec 2013

Uh oh!! eNature.com: Was Rudolph Actually A Female Reindeer?

This article looks like it has the makings for a neato 'War On Xmas' rage on the Fox noise machine. I can only imagine the comments coming from O'Reilly, The Five, and Hannity should they pick up on this blasphemous story. Certainly a Liberal plot to confuse the reader with facts n' stuff111!!!11

Was Rudolph Actually A Female Reindeer?
Posted on Tuesday, December 03, 2013 by eNature

Each Christmas season we hear the story of the eight flying reindeer that pull Santa’s sleigh all over the world in one night. And don’t forget Rudolph too!

But what made Santa choose reindeer to help him accomplish this feat?

Wouldn’t elephants, with their huge flappable ears, make a better choice? Okay, there’s the weight factor, but what else makes reindeer the right choice for the jolly North Pole toymaker on his annual voyage?

Read on to learn some of the secrets of the world’s most famous deer.

http://wild.enature.com/blog/was-rudolph-actually-a-female-reindeer1#sthash.YvuJfqis.dpuf



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