Poor creatures. That’s Norway to go.
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 😂
Also if it were hovering
If only they all jumped right at the same time.
That’s what they get for never letting poor Rudolph join in any of their reindeer games
Oh deer
Thor got drunk and decided he needed a steak
That’s what they want you to think.
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?
You get a circular voltage gradient away from the strike spot. A human with their two legs doesn’t spread along that as far as a deer’s four legs do, so they catch more voltage drop across that, which also runs through their body (along their heart etc). It just depends a lot on how and where a body is affected by electricity.
that’s a good explanation thank you
Also, when the lighting struck, it was probably not from a clear sky. And reindeer can huddle. So if they’re all pretty much already touching each other…
Or even if they’re not huddled, they have a sort of defense mechanism where they just running in circles when threatened.
https://www.livescience.com/64778-vikings-reindeer-cyclone.html
So I imagine a thunderstorm might elicit that response. It’s just a guess though.
I just keep watching this. It’s fascinating to see how the “eye” of the herd forms, strengthens, and moves. The individual actions of dozens, if not hundreds, of reindeer coalesce into the same pattern as a hurricane… Fucking beautiful. Thank you for sharing this.
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
Way back there weren’t any settlements, only nomadic tribes. They’d loose their shit alright. “Oh no, our transport and future food resources!”
wizards
OP since original D&D.
Area of effect what’s that
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They turned it into a study of how the rotting carcasses impact the environment!
Oh deer…
