Well, a headline about exploding reindeer in The Local grabbed our attention and we had to learn more.
In a tragic case of reindeer mass suicide an entire herd of pregnant reindeer plummeted one thousand two hundred feet to their death over the
edge of a cliff in northern Sweden. According to the report investigators are assuming the herd was hunted by wolverine, and a combination of panic and poor lighting led to the lemming-like mass exodus.
As you know, here at Newsnibbles we never like to assume anything, so we got the interns mind mapping other possible scenarios.
Did the reindeer think that they were leading Santa’s sleigh, and presumed their lift off would be better from a higher altitude, only to discover too late that they lacked the appropriate amount of fairy dust? Perhaps the prospect of their young being turned to sausages made them so depressed that they decided to end it all before it begun? Maybe the reindeer were experimenting with extreme sports like spelunking?
Well, until further investigation can take place we won’t know what caused this tragic accident, but cannot help but feel that some sort of reindeer proof fencing may be in order in the future.
We asked the fans if they had ever been hunted by wolverine.
Kate said: “No, but I can’t say I’d mind over-much.”
Bee said: “If so he’s been pretty stealthy about it.”
With this negative response we found ourselves wondering whether wolverine would bother to hunt pregnant reindeer, so we put that question to the fans.
Sam said: “Depends. If Wolverine was a member of the X-men at the time, then no. If he was still with Weapon-X, then yeah.”
Seth said: “Hunt? No, probably not. Accidentally kill in a berserker rage? Sure.”
Marcus said: “In at one comic he “hunted” a deer by sneaking up close enough to lay his hand on it. So under that definition of hunting, sure. I’m sure that’s a more serious answer than you were looking for. Some character (maybe Kitty Pride?) was outraged that he was hunting, so he explained he was just playing tag in the way described and everyone felt bad for miss-judging him. I read that comic 30 years ago, I can’t believe I remember it.”
Well there we have it, the whole thing could have been a game of tag with tragic consequences, of course this is pure speculation, and as with any Newsnibbles story there is no supporting evidence whatsoever.
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