Finland Is Painting Reindeer Antlers With Reflective Paint To Avoid Auto Mishaps

Driving at night can be dangerous, especially when there are wild animals roaming around. It is almost impossible to spot one in your path when you’re speeding down the road before it’s too late.

This has prompted organizations such as the Finnish Reindeer Herders Association to come up with some methods to reduce fatalities and costs. One simple-yet-ingenious idea was to shower the creatures with reflective paint, causing them to sparkle when exposed to light. The Reindeer Herders Association painted various areas of the creature with the paint in 2014 thus giving them a bicycle vest. The organization thought that doing so it would make the deer more visible to passing automobiles. This would allow the driver time to slow down and the animal time to flee before a fatality occurred.