THE REINDEER

Adapt or disappear

An episode from the series CLIMATE CHANGE : A TALK WITH THE ANIMALS

Synopsis

In the 21st century, the life of a migratory reindeer is no picnic.

On the tundra, lichen is becoming scarce. Along the Arctic Ocean, urbanization is depriving reindeer of their traditional pastures. Around weakened herds, wolves, bears, wolverines, and other predators prowl. Worse still, the heat is changing the sex ratio of the herds: too many females are now being born.

Yet, long ago, reindeer survived the climatic changes that wiped out the mammoth, its contemporary.