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Don’t Feed The Ducks — Seriously, Don’t Do It
It’s happening! The ducks that make their homes on and around Reykjavík’s central pond, Tjörnin, are welcoming their babies. While it’s undeniably adorable to watch the little ducklings swimming behind their mamas at this time of year, it’s not cute to watch…
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Ducks Break Into Laugar Swimming Pool
On Monday, July 17, staff at the Laugar swimming pool in Northeast Iceland discovered that a flock of ducks had broken onto the pool‘s grounds, RÚV reports. The ducks seemed to have mistaken the pool for a pond, as they left visible…
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Three Men Get Caught For Stealing Eider Eggs
Three men were caught stealing eider eggs from a nesting site at Stafnes near Sandgerði on Reykjanes Peninsula earlier this week, Vísir reports. This was announced by the local police, who elaborated that the person who reported the men in question saw…
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PM Was Not Feeding Raw Meat To Geese
Despite reports to the contrary, Prime Minister Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson did not recently feed hamburger to geese. However, feeding them bread is not much better. Vísir reports that the Prime Minister took a break from work yesterday to step outside his office…
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Duck Knocks On Door: Iceland Melts
An unnamed duck has been filmed knocking on the door of a Garðabær house to demand his piece of daily bread, something the duck has been doing for the last four years. A quick summary: the duck knocks on the door, takes a little…
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Half Tjörnin’s Duck Species Dying Off
Three of the six duck species at the pond Tjörnin in Reykjavík are dying off, and will disappear if nothing is done. Vísir reports that Ólafur Karl Nielsen, an ornithologist for The Icelandic Institute of Natural History (IINH), has recently concluded a…
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Don’t Give Ducks Bread (Ever)!
The city of Reykjavík is encouraging people to not feed bread to ducks at the Tjörnin pond this summer. In fact, giving ducks bread is a bad idea any season of the year.According to an announcement from the city, residents and visitors alike are…