Iceland is a wonderland of extremes and as such, Iceland's animals have to be very adaptable to survive. It is a country that must be experienced from the boiling hot mud pools to the frozen massive glaciers, from deafening waterfalls to silent and eerie lava fields. I found the whole country fascinating including these fascinating facts about some of Iceland's animals.
Geese
Whenever I visit a new place, I like to get out and explore it on foot, to orientate myself and meet the local people.
Reykjavik was no exception except many of the locals I initially met were geese. They seemed to be just wandering around on grass verges at the side of busy roads, so I commented on this to one of the locals, who wasn’t a goose, who said that they were quite common at this time of year, late August, because the shooting season has started and there is a law banning anyone shooting the geese within the city boundary.
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| Geese in Reykjavik Photo by Roman Gerasymenko |
