TIL that Icelandic people are never allowed to leave.
No no, they are. But they're not allowed to ever come back.
TIL Icelanders are horses.
It's because if they go slightly South, they melt.
That's it your going to Iceland
I'd love to! It seems a gorgeous country with lots of great people! I'll just steer clear of a couple of the national "delicacies" on my way to the penis museum 😁
Not everyone can afford to leave their country
I know. I was making a joke.
Poverty isn't anywhere near as bad in Iceland as in the US, though, so I'd guess that the vast majority could afford a trip abroad at least a couple of times during their lifetime 🤷
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Then steal it all and row it back to your homeland
They said Iceland, not Britain
I learned that hummingbirds are native to North America and they don’t have them in Europe. That made me sad for all of them over there.
Birds in the rest of the world actually bother to learn the lyrics.
Best we can do is hummingbird moths.
Europe doesn't have Sunbirds either.
Quickly, I must think of a bird endemic to Europe to not feel left out
There you go: blue tit
You can see those anywhere you have a woman and a tourniquet.
Magpies absolutely beat mockingbirds, though. Dull brown mimics versus two-tone corvids.
hummingbirds can be found in south america too, not just north.
Wait, did Iceland actually fall for our prank? They believe snakes exist! Next they'll start believing in Australia!
bro imagine actually thinking legless lizards could ever exist, makes no sense
Come to Florida and I will show you beautiful things!
Meanwhile, you live in the land of the most beautiful homo sapiens on Earth. So you got that going for you.
Trade experiences and learn?
(Pssst... don't go to Florida. It's almost certainly a trap)
Confirmed. OP is a gator in a trench coat
Iguanas! Which are invasive. Anoles! Which are invasive. Cuban tree frogs! Which are invasive.
All the fuckin' rodents are good, though.
I feel sorry for anyone who never gets to see a praying mantis in person. Coolest critter on the planet
Coolest critter on the planet
Idunno, penguins are pretty damn cool, pun intended..
I saw one just outside work last summer. Which is weird because they are not endemic to my region.
I released a few thousand a couple years in a row (got ooth, hatched them, there are just a lot of eggs in each) and would occasionally see the adult females around my property for a few years after (I’m not sure why the population never took hold, it should have and didn’t).
They are totally chill and will walk onto your hand pretty readily. They are also thrilled to be fed small insects from tweezers, and really like moth larva.
Yeah but Puffins
I will never see a hot spring I will never see a land of grass I will never see a volcano I will never see a glacier I will never see a puffin I will never see a lamb
I will never taste the sweat of a large gay man
That sounds like a personal choice
Don't let your dreams be dreams
Where TF you live bro, there are plenty of those in the US. Except puffins, I’m not so sure about those. Alaska might have some.
Come to think of it, Alaska probably has all of these.
at least he can have all the accidental incest he wants
[picture of depressed man looking away from the sky exploding in ribbons of ethereal color]
comes with living on a place that is still being birthed out of the planet's interior
And travelling won't help, anon is blind.
Judging from the photo they glued their eyes shut.
will see: volcano
Ah, the gentle train, truly one of earth's most fascinating creatures
Don’t be fooled by those hippy dippy nature shows. A feral train will kill you and everyone you love the moment your back is turned.
Scientists are still trying to figure out how they're related to snakes.
Evolution
They don't have trains in Iceland?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rail_transport_in_Iceland
they used to, for certain construction projects (harbor, hydro dam). but none currently, although a passenger light rail has been proposed around their capital
Low population, heavily concentrated in one city, with little heavy industrial activity, coupled with very unforgiving terrain (steep volcanic grades) and even more unforgiving weather (severe frost heaves/thermal fluctuation, huge snow load).
there's just no economic reason to build difficult railways when your entire country is like 300mi across and never moves enough stuff in bulk to need it. including people.
no train ?
Not enough people outside the capital to make it worth it. They have had rail systems built but were later decommissioned. One was built for the building if a harbor but after construction it didn't get much use.
Iceland is very small. It takes about 25 hours to drive around the entire circumference of the country. That, coupled with there being a very small population in general, any train would be empty most of its running hours.
Reykjavik, Iceland biggest city, is super easy to walk. The entire thing. It takes almost no time. You don't need a train if you can get everywhere by foot.
We rented a car while there and experienced zero traffic.
Also sections of the country routinely get closed off because the ground is exploding with molten rock, it's much easier to reroute road traffic and maintain infrastructure especially in such complex topography.
they got the little ponies and the northern lights tho that's pretty cool
Well, we'll never be killed by a volcano!
Well, once at most. Which is negligible.
Got a lot of nice waterfalls though.
Blue board
Flags
Where is this?
What blue board has meme flags?
At least they have Costco.
Damn. I'm gonna go pet my turtle for iceanon
Edit: I could take my turtle on the train
