To which, FIRST OF ALL, exactly, who cares, and also how many boys y’all know named Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, or literally any other reindeer name, and also, would you really prefer Santa’s reindeer to be castrated males rather than females? Y’all crazy.
I love that some dudes are reading this and getting really upset about it and saying things like “yeah none of this is real tho” guys. come on lol
— Brenna Lynn (@BrennaLynnMusic) December 12, 2017
Funny considering they all have masculine names, Rudolph is definetly male according to the cartoon, and also…they’re magic reindeer.
— Halestar (@nobleman_hale) December 12, 2017
oh shit pic.twitter.com/PSATRsosvm
— chayne☃️ (@courtchayne) December 12, 2017
Via https://t.co/fNPvIFPWud
"In fact, most of the reindeer used to pull sleds are castrated males – they are easier to handle, and have antler cycles similar to those of the females."— Cameron (@CJBonholzer) December 12, 2017
Then there’s this hysterical exchange:
Well Santa is also a fantasy so who says that the reindeer aren’t also a fantasy and are males, which would explain why their names are male
— Chris (@ChrisGuttuso) December 12, 2017
Yes, Dancer and Prancer are traditionally names given to men
— Friopi (@friopi) December 12, 2017
The reindeers names are Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donner, and Blitzen.
So tell me, how is Dasher, Comet, Blitzen, and Vixen, and Donner Female names?— Chris (@ChrisGuttuso) December 12, 2017
Vixen is literally what you call a female fox, and both donner and comet seem pretty unisex to me,??♀️
— KeSo_Apestoso? (@KeriDoki) December 12, 2017
I have an aunt Donna, seems close enough to me.
— ☃ Benji Patrick ☃ (@gayligula) December 12, 2017
And probably my favorite response yet:
Thankfully Santa is a man and knows directions or they'd never find where they're going.
— Austin Bonds (@SoCalAustin) December 12, 2017
Anyway. if we had to answer this incredibly pertinent hypothetical question, what would the answer be? Wildlife biologist Imogene Cancellare may have just put this question to rest in a recent interview with Inverse: The antler debate aside, female reindeer have a much higher body fat percentage than males, which means they are far better suited to handle Christmas Eve weather than their male counterparts. “Not all female[reindeer] have antlers, but for Santa’s crew to have antlers in December, they would be females” Cancellare concluded.