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THIS JUST IN: Raven Has Laid Six Eggs, Livestream Active
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People Coming Into Iceland To Steal Rare Bird Eggs
There are concerns that individuals will come to Iceland for the sole purpose of stealing rare eggs, Vísir reports. The chairman of the board of the Icelandic Falcon Centre says that it is unusually common these days for falcon eggs to disappear,…
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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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Bread Shelves Cleared Last Night Before Storm
Residents of the capital area stormed the supermarkets and cleared the shelves of bread, milk, and eggs last night in preparation for the storm. Gréta María Grétarsdóttir, CEO of Krónan, expressed exasperation over the empty bread shelves. “It’s been crazy busy this…
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At The Speed Of Birds: The Eyris And Eyries Of The Westfjords
The car is running on fumes as we emerge from the belly of the mountain, driving north out of a long single-lane tunnel into the Westfjords’ picturesque Súgandafjörður. As the road winds down the west bank, kittiwakes and fulmars glide alongside us.…
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Eggshibition: A Celebration Of Eggs And Their Historic Symbolism
“I’ve always thought of it as being normcore, even tacky, but the more I thought about it the more I appreciated its symbolic charge.” The voice of Icelandic artist Rán Flygenring is loud and clear through the phone as she explains the…
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Jewish Guide To Iceland: How To Prevent Accidentally Offending Moses
Recently, I flew on a WOW air flight from New York that connected to the airline´s new route to Tel Aviv. The plane was full of Israelis, which I, as a Jewish woman, knew because they were speaking Hebrew and looked Israeli.…
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Spy On A Raven’s Nest In Real Time
A little raven has set up shop under the roof of home store BYKO in Selfoss and rather than get rid of the nest the staff have decided to film it instead. Tucked into the raven’s nest are four little eggs, making…
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Inhumane Egg Company Files For Bankruptcy
Owners of Brúnegg, an egg farm exposed for inhumane treatment last year has filed for bankruptcy and laid off all employees, reports RÚV. According to a press release from the company, announcing its closure, sales dropped down to almost nothing following the…
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“Green” Eggs Producer Defrauded Consumers For Nearly A Decade
The company Brúnegg not only sold eggs labeled as “green” (see below) without actually fulfilling the requirements to do so for nine years; they also broke several animal welfare laws in the process. The Icelandic Food and Veterinary Authority (MAST) was aware…
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Warning Not To Eat Too Many Seabird Eggs
Tests done on the eggs of murres show very high levels of PCBs “and related chemicals”.RÚV reports that there are up to ten times the amount of such chemicals in the eggs of murres (known as the svartfugl in Icelandic) as there are in hen’s…