This Practical Engineering video explains the concepts behind how this happened
TLDR: The electricity is trying to flow through the Earth, but a reindeer is a better conductor, so it flows up into the nearest leg and down out the furthest leg. If they were standing on one foot they might’ve been ok
Don’t they have four legs? The day I see a reindeer sitting on one leg I’m getting glasses
Yes, a reindeer standing on one leg would be unusual, and it’s the only way they could’ve survived this 😂
Thor got drunk and decided he needed a steak
Lightning is one of those things that makes it easy to see why people invented Gods to explain the phenomena.
how does lightning work? I’ve seen videos of people being struck like 5 times and they are fine with some scars and minor nerve trauma. What causes that person to be ok, but 300 reindeer just die?
That’s what they want you to think.
Damnit Thor
He does love murder
Have you read the marvel comics? I never read much avengers as a kid. Recently read some 90s Thor. Messed up man.
What kind of ritual were they doing
The one that seals the elder Gods into a soul cage for 1000 years.
Sadly, the humans will never understand the necessity and impact of the caribou’s sacrifice.
They just be like that
Ramadeer
had this happened 2000 years ago a local village would be absolutely losing their SHIT.
- look at all that fucking MEAT
- god has blessed us with a bountiful harvest
- did you see all that fucking MEAT?!
I don’t think they would go near that.
Hard to know.
Could go either way.
I can certainly imagine people avoiding it because of implied danger.
… but I can also imagine people evaluating it and concluding that “they don’t look sick, and they taste fine”.
I guess the decision depends on how hungry you are.
I think it’s important to point out that anyone making this decision was probably using the herd as a primary source of food…it’s pretty clearly a sign that you should hit the road.
Americans would
They turned it into a study of how the rotting carcasses impact the environment!
Oh deer…
My god the smell
Yes, the smell of venison is hunger inducing, rotten flesh, not so much
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Here’s a good post-event article.
Rotting???
Looks edible to me 😎
mildly horrifying
Christmas is fucked this year
Why?
All the Rudolfs are roasted
My dude, that happened in 2016…
And Santa is not real
