Ahh-mazing AHA! Discovery for December 2015: The Truth Behind Santa’s Flying Reindeer (Well … Maybe.)
For those who thought Rudolph – with his nose so bright – drank more than his fair share of spiked egg nog, listen up. More likely, reindeer grazed on hallucinogenic mushrooms – Amanita muscaria – that grow on the Siberian tundra. Perhaps the inspiration for the legendary Rudolph may have come from a red mushroom …