Reindeer's Amazing Adaptations to Living in Snow | Snow Animals | BBC Earth

reindeer traditionally pulls slaves and have a popular reputation for red glowing noses [Music] but behind this folklore there is some surprising truth an ingenious adaptation which helps them survive the extremes their noses are full of blood vessels cool warm air down as it leaves the body and warns cold air up as it comes in keeping the reindeer's brain constantly warm and active [Music] so as the thermal camera proves reindeer's noses are actually red [Music] it's not just the nose of the re

indeer which is extraordinary how they view their winter surroundings through those large characterful eyes is truly astonishing when it's bright and sunny like this my eyes struggle to cope with the amount of UV light that's coming from the Sun is bouncing back up off the snow for us to spend too long here I'd eventually damage my eyes I could become snow blind but reindeer they see things differently not only can they see in color like I can they can also see in ultraviolet for us it's difficu

lt to make out detail when the landscape is so white but with UV Vision a reindeer can see things in much greater contrast they can see shapes and detail that we can't the Lichen on the trees which they eat or animal urine in the snow becomes more prominent oh to white snowy World it certainly helps to have that extra insight foreign do you even have specially designed flexible hooves in the winter there are four tools can spread out wide to act like snowshoes this means they can walk on bumpy i

ce without slipping however on smooth ice they can sometimes find issues a little ill-suited [Music] [Music]