One of many things that surprises travelers
in Iceland is seeing sheep crossing highways and walking freely
everywhere. And this isn‘t limited to sheep. During winter time you
can expect reindeer walking along the road,
or you might see them while driving in South-East Iceland
or on the East coast.
In May the lambs are
born, stay for one or two weeks at the farm, and then the gates are
opened! The Icelandic sheep goes wherever she wants with
her offspring the whole summer. Nothing stops her. She goes up
and down mountains and valleys, crosses rivers and bridges, and is
very difficult to catch. The benefit is that the lambs eat wild
plants and grass, which is why the lamb meat is sosucculent.
This is why travelers in Iceland can expect to see sheep and lambs almost everywhere
they travel.
When driving on
Icelandic roads it is important to be watchful and cautious when you
approach sheep close to the road, especially when you discover that the mother
sheep is on one side of the road and her lambs are on the other. One
will probably run over the road just before you pass them. Quite a number of
lambs are killed this way every summer.
Sheep with horns
are rams, right?
No, that‘s not the
case. Sheep can be divided into two groups: those with
horns (Icelandic: hyrnd) and then those with no
horns (Icelandic: kollótt). Travelers normally don‘t see the rams because they‘re
kept at the farms, often in a group of 5-10. You know them by their bold and
strong face and they‘re bigger than the females. And they also either have horns or not.
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