Caribou hate mosquitoes.
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Caribou
//ˈkæɹəbu//
Synonyms for "caribou" (32 found)
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48 translations across 41 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- kariboe noun (North American reindeer)
Ahtna
2 entries- ghenaay noun (North American reindeer)
- udzih noun (North American reindeer)
Asturian
1 entries- caribú noun (North American reindeer)
Atikamekw
1 entries- atikw noun (North American reindeer)
Bulgarian
2 entries- кари́бу noun (North American reindeer)
- се́верен еле́н noun (North American reindeer)
Catalan
1 entries- caribú noun (North American reindeer)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 馴鹿 /驯鹿 noun (North American reindeer)
Cree
1 entries- ᐊᑎᐦᒄ noun (North American reindeer)
Dena'ina
1 entries- vejex noun (North American reindeer)
Dutch
1 entries- kariboe noun (North American reindeer)
Esperanto
2 entries- boaco noun (North American reindeer)
- karibuo noun (North American reindeer)
Estonian
2 entries- karibu noun (North American reindeer)
- karibuu noun (North American reindeer)
Finnish
1 entries- karibu noun (North American reindeer)
French
1 entries- caribou noun (North American reindeer)
German
1 entries- Karibu noun (North American reindeer)
Greek
1 entries- καναδικός τάρανδος noun (North American reindeer)
Greenlandic
1 entries- tuttu noun (North American reindeer)
Hawaiian
1 entries- kukukū noun (North American reindeer)
Inuktitut
1 entries- ᑐᒃᑐ noun (North American reindeer)
Inupiaq
1 entries- tuttu noun (North American reindeer)
Irish
1 entries- carabú noun (North American reindeer)
Italian
1 entries- caribù noun (North American reindeer)
Japanese
1 entries- カリブー noun (North American reindeer)
Lower Tanana
1 entries- bedzeyh noun (North American reindeer)
Malay
1 entries- karibu noun (North American reindeer)
Mi'kmaq
1 entries- qalipu noun (North American reindeer)
Montagnais
1 entries- atikᵘ noun (North American reindeer)
Ojibwe
1 entries- adik noun (North American reindeer)
Polish
1 entries- karibu noun (North American reindeer)
Portuguese
1 entries- caribu noun (North American reindeer)
Romanian
2 entries- caribu noun (North American reindeer)
- karibu noun (North American reindeer)
Russian
2 entries- кари́бу noun (North American reindeer)
- се́верный оле́нь noun (North American reindeer)
Sekani
1 entries- wudzįįh noun (North American reindeer)
Slovak
1 entries- karibu noun (North American reindeer)
Slovene
1 entries- karibú noun (North American reindeer)
Spanish
2 entries- caribú noun (North American reindeer)
- reno noun (North American reindeer)
Swedish
1 entries- ren noun (North American reindeer)
Tagalog
1 entries- karibu noun (North American reindeer)
Tanacross
1 entries- wudzih noun (North American reindeer)
Turkish
1 entries- karibu noun (North American reindeer)
Ukrainian
1 entries- кари́бу noun (North American reindeer)
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In the past few years, warmer temperatures in summer have allowed mosquito populations to explode. So the caribou spend a lot more energy swatting away the mosquitoes. All this swatting leaves the caribou less energy to find food and prepare for the next long winter.
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Caribou can see ultraviolet light. This ability is crucial to their survival in a harsh Arctic environment.
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Caribou can spot wolves using their ultraviolet vision.
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