hanging out with the muskoxen

this is isabel feeding the little fuzzy rascals that we have here at lars. the animals are very calm usually and the visitors like them a lot. some funny tourists always ask whether our reindeer can fly. "depends," i answer them, "only if you kick them hard enough...". 

meet bailey

this is bailey, an 8 year old male caribou. his antlers at this time of the year are covered with a beautiful brown fuzz, the velvet. the velvet makes the antlers very sensitive. only when they lose the velvet in late summer the males start jousting with other bulls to compete over the cows.