reindeer or caribou?

Believe it or not they are the same species. The ones that live in the wild just tend to be bigger because they have to be to survive. Other than that they are the same thing. I already knew that, but was a tidbit of information we learned this weekend.

We headed north to Palmer and visited the Reindeer Farm. Avery had fun and it was neat to get swarmed by 20 or more reindeer at one time because we had the goodies! There was also a moose named Denali and a buffalo named Dolly. Denali was sweet and took a banana and broccoli from me, but Dolly was not as motivated to come say hi.

This was Denali being nosy and wanting some more banana.

This was the pushiest of the reindeer.


Dolly the buffalo.