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least 15 in residence! The herd is not sustainable until it reaches that
level. So these guys & gals (& the young calf) have a few years to go
before anything dire happens.
Do you know the difference between a reindeer and a caribou? If you
don't know, then you may think this is a trick question when I reveal
the answer. Actually, they are one and the same creature. The only
difference is that the animal is called a "caribou" when it is wild and
renamed a "reindeer" when it is domesticated!
Other familiar animals live on the lodge acreage as well and we walked
around to visit them all: a burro, two goats, chickens, horses and a
young cow.
