Today on Bewilderbeasts, Melissa explores two popular Christmas Songs: Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer and the 12 Days of Christmas. Why are the reindeer named “Donder and Blitzen?”; when DID Santa decide to go with reindeer instead of a nice mustang? And, we’re going to figure out why on EARTH someone’s true love gave them all those dang birds.
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Melissa McCue-McGrath, CPDT-KA, is a science-based dog trainer outside of Boston, MA, and author of the book, "Considerations for the City Dog". She has a dog training channel on YouTube that has free classes and lessons for anyone who is interested in positive reinforcement dog training. More about Melissa can be found at MelissaMcCueMcGrath.com
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I got today's information from:
https://onekindplanet.org/christmas-animals-around-world/
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/reindeer-games/
https://www.ripleys.com/weird-news/female-reindeer/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Claus%27s_reindeer
https://tinyurl.com/livesciencereindeerfacts
https://www.syracuse.com/entertainment/2015/12/reindeer_names_origins.html
https://tinyurl.com/nprrudolph
https://tinyurl.com/businessinsiderflyingreindeers
https://tinyurl.com/FDAreindeerfacts
(Alaska department of fish and game) https://tinyurl.com/AlaskaDFGreindeer
Intro/Outtro music: Tiptoe Out The Back - Dan Liebowicz
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Your host, Melissa McCue-McGrath is an author, dog trainer, and behavior consultant in Southern Maine. She'll talk about dogs all day if you let her. You've been warned :)