In 2007, a Russian hunter came across what he thought was the body of a reindeer sticking out of the snow.
2007年.一位俄罗斯猎人在冰雪中发现一具动物尸体，起初他还以前这是一头冻死的驯鹿。And artists and authors created the man in red with white beard who sends Christmas gifts to people on his sleigh pulled by his reindeers.
艺术家和作家创造了这个人在穿红衣服，白胡子、坐在驯鹿拉的雪橇上送圣诞礼物给人们。As long as you could hunt reindeer, you were going to be alright.
只要你能捕猎到驯鹿，一切都会好起来的。The Samoyed dog takes its name from the Samoyedic peoples of Siberia and has been used for sledding and herding reindeer.
萨摩耶犬以西伯利亚牧民族萨摩人而命名，一向被用来拉雪橇和看守驯鹿。Since the number of moose and caribou is falling, hunters are allowed to shoot the competing wolves from the air.
由于北美驼鹿和驯鹿的数量日益减少，猎人们现在已被允许从空中射杀狼这种竞争对手。"There were reindeer on his boxer shorts, " he said, making a joke about how all the deer were red- nosed from blood.
“他短裤里有只驯鹿，”他说，接着开始取笑所有的驯鹿是如何被血染成红鼻子的。Elk, deer and of course bear are known to bulk up in the summer, building a layer of fat to keep them alive throughout winter.
我们都知道麋鹿，驯鹿，还有熊类都要在夏天在体内囤积食物，形成一层脂肪以保证它们能顺利度过冬天。Which is exactly what reindeer seem to have done, according to a study in Current Biology.
据《当代生物学》的一篇研究看来，驯鹿就是一直这么做的。If Santa Claus himself had come down out of the mountains, reindeer and all, I would not have been more pleased.
就是圣诞老人本人从大山里、驯鹿上或别的什么地方走过来，我也不会更高兴了。