Yes, there is such a thing as a reindeer cyclone — WATCH

Last updated: March 31, 2021 12:04 PM

March 31, 2021

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Get ready for your mind to be blown!

Reindeer Cyclones are a real thing… a swirling mass of threatened reindeer stampeding in a circle making it impossible to target an individual.. here the fawns are in the middle

This herd is on Russia’s Kola Peninsula, in the Arctic Circle
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— Science girl (@sciencegirl) March 30, 2021

Vikings hunting reindeer in Norway were once confounded by “reindeer cyclones.” A threatened herd would literally run circles around the fierce hunters, making it nearly impossible to target a single animal.