flyalf Posted August 25, 2014 Share #1 Posted August 25, 2014 Advertisement (gone after registration) Not a normal scenery; reindeers taking a bath at the otherwise empty beach during a hot summer day near Hamningberg in the north of Norway. 2014_Aug_Finnmark-53 by fotoalf, on Flickr Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Michael Geschlecht Posted August 25, 2014 Share #2 Posted August 25, 2014 Hello Alf, Nice photo. How often & during what parts of the year do they go into the sea water? When they do go in the water what do they do? Do they stay very long or go out very far? Are they ever bothered by polar bears when they do this? Best Regards, Michael Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
platypus Posted August 25, 2014 Share #3 Posted August 25, 2014 Love this image! I've never previously seen a photo of reindeer bathing, though it makes sense as cattle and horses (both species are actually strong swimmers & float like corks) will voluntarily immerse themselves in dams or rivers on a hot day....so why not reindeer? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pauledell Posted August 26, 2014 Share #4 Posted August 26, 2014 A fine picture with the composition, lovely colors and clarity. I imagine they want to cool off as much as anyone else. Paul Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyalf Posted August 26, 2014 Author Share #5 Posted August 26, 2014 Hello Alf, Nice photo. How often & during what parts of the year do they go into the sea water? When they do go in the water what do they do? Do they stay very long or go out very far? Are they ever bothered by polar bears when they do this? Best Regards, Michael Thanks, I dont think the reindeers bath often. In fact I have only seem them using snow "bathing" to cool down before. This is the first time I have seen active bathing in seawater. These reinderrs only waded out into the waves and stood there for a while. But the Norweian reindeers have their migration routes. So during spring they move from inland to the cost and islands. During this trekking they often swim quite long distnances . No, all the polar bears ahve suffered severe penquin attacks . Sorry, I will try to behave; no there are no polar bears at Norwegian mainland. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iduna Posted August 26, 2014 Share #6 Posted August 26, 2014 Alf, rare sight and nice cool blue also. Thanks for sharing this Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
honcho Posted September 1, 2014 Share #7 Posted September 1, 2014 Advertisement (gone after registration) Excellent travel image! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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