This is why reindeer in 'Santa's homeland' has glowing horns

Do you know where Santa's hometown is located? It was a small village called Rovaniemi in Finland's Lapland region, close to the Arctic end . Or at the very least, it's a legend that says, nowadays, few people remember the real name of this village, which is often called "Santa Claus village".

Unexpected expectations of "Santa 's hometown" , Rovaniemi has a lot of reindeer - both wild and man-made. But the reindeer here has a very different point from the rest of the world: their horns can glow in the night.

Reindeer with glowing horn in Finland.

Calm down, there's really no miracle here. These glowing horns are luminescent paint because people paint on their horns . And of course, there is a very reasonable reason for this action, which is to save the lives of both reindeer and people.

Conflicts when people and animals interfere

Located near the North Pole, Santa's hometown is always flooded with snow and row of reindeer flocks. The problem is that people are also gradually crowded, and the two sides encounter each other in the frequency and frequency.

And the reindeer jumping into the middle of the road when the car is moving is what happens as well.

According to statistics from the Finnish Ministry of Transport, Rovaniemi averages more than 11 reindeer-related accidents a day. Consequently, each case is usually one of the two injured, even both and there are cases leading to death.

Although the government has support costs, but farmers lose reindeer, while driving costs for repair. The accidents thus still cause no small damage.

Savior appeared and the idea of ​​"glowing horn"

Anne Ollila - director of the Finnish Reindeer Breeding Association, is the one who solved this problem. She made a plan, wanting to make the reindeer here look striking in the dark night, visible when on the move.

Ollila and her colleagues used luminescent paint to cover horns and part of reindeer feathers

Inspired by the workwear, Ollila and her colleagues used luminescent paint to cover horns and part of reindeer feathers. As a result, under the light from the car, the reindeer seemed to glow, making it easier to drive.

This idea must also go through many tests. Initially, reflected light is somewhat similar to cars moving in the opposite direction, making subjective drivers unresponsive and causing undesirable consequences. But Ollila later switched to using fluorescent paint to emit different light, so the situation began to improve gradually.

This is a promising project to help control traffic accidents in Finland. According to Ollila, the association wants to build an application on the phone that will respond to reflective light, and thus ensure the safety of people and objects here.