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OP since original D&D.
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.
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Poor creatures. That’s Norway to go.
Damnit Thor
He does love murder
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 want you to think.
Oh deer
Cernunnos descent failed.
Thor got drunk and decided he needed a steak
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
My bad.
