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Related: About this forumReindeer Cyclones Are Real, and You Definitely Don't Want to Get Caught in One
By Mindy Weisberger, Senior Writer | February 15, 2019 06:22am ET
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Vikings hunting reindeer in Norway were once confounded by "reindeer cyclones"; a threatened herd would literally run circles around the fierce hunters, making it nearly impossible to target a single animal.
Filmmakers recently captured incredible aerial footage of one of these reindeer cyclones, which aired Feb. 13 on PBS in the documentary "Wild Way of the Vikings," a program about Vikings and the wilderness they inhabited around A.D. 1000. [Photos: Ancient Arrows from Reindeer Hunters Found in Norway]
One of the documentary's most striking scenes shows a re-enactment of a Viking hunt interspersed with real footage of reindeer herds. Reindeer were important to the Vikings for their meat, hides, antlers and bones, according to the film.
Reindeer Cyclones Are Real, and You Definitely Don't Want to Get Caught in One
Credit: Courtesy of PBS Nature and Maramedia
Vikings hunting reindeer in Norway were once confounded by "reindeer cyclones"; a threatened herd would literally run circles around the fierce hunters, making it nearly impossible to target a single animal.
Filmmakers recently captured incredible aerial footage of one of these reindeer cyclones, which aired Feb. 13 on PBS in the documentary "Wild Way of the Vikings," a program about Vikings and the wilderness they inhabited around A.D. 1000. [Photos: Ancient Arrows from Reindeer Hunters Found in Norway]
One of the documentary's most striking scenes shows a re-enactment of a Viking hunt interspersed with real footage of reindeer herds. Reindeer were important to the Vikings for their meat, hides, antlers and bones, according to the film.
In the cyclone scene, a lone hunter (an actor playing a Viking) approaches the herd; he notches and releases an arrow. The footage that follows shows an actual herd of reindeer running in circles. As the swirling mass of bodies thunders along a circular path, an overhead camera reveals that the herd's momentum follows a spiral shape, drawing tightly toward the cyclone's "eye" at the center.
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Reindeer Cyclones Are Real, and You Definitely Don't Want to Get Caught in One (Original Post)
Judi Lynn
Feb 2019
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underpants
(182,883 posts)1. I thought they just played games.
I really love your posts. Outside the norm but more important than the norm.
tblue37
(65,488 posts)2. So cool! K&R. nt
Laffy Kat
(16,386 posts)3. Very clever of the reindeer.
Baitball Blogger
(46,758 posts)4. Very cool.
cstanleytech
(26,319 posts)5. Reminds me of swarms of fish.
Duppers
(28,127 posts)6. Wow! Worth the click.
ffr
(22,671 posts)7. Bizarre
Bayard
(22,154 posts)8. That's a whole lotta reindeer!
I don't recall any other mammals that do this.
2naSalit
(86,794 posts)9. Amazing the self protection techniques
animals develop. Antelope use their similar appearance to run relay race sort of tactics, wears down the predator as they switch off with a fresh runner.
I never knew this about caribou but it makes sense.