Description
Kelokka is a calm and quiet sleigh reindeer, working in the winter seasons and grazing free all summers. Kelokka has a friendly character, and he likes to hang around near people.
There is a personal trait behind Kelokka’s name. Reindeer grow new antlers annually. During the summer, the antlers are covered by skin. Later in autumn, reindeer scrubs the antlers against something hard enough but flexible, such as small trees or branches, to get off the skin. Castrated males, like Kelokka, usually do that later than breeding males and females. Kelokka is an exception. He usually scrubs the skin off from his antlers earlier than any other reindeer. That’s the origin of his name. In Finnish language, the verb meaning reindeer scrubbing the skin off from antlers is “keloa”.
