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Iceland () is an island nation in the northern part of the Atlantic Ocean, immediately south of the northern Arctic Circle.


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Iceland is approximately one-third of Finland in terms of area and by far the smallest Nordic country in terms of population and population density.


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The capital of the country is Reykjavík, which is home to about a third of Iceland's population.


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It is the northernmost capital of an independent state in the world.


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The island has active volcanic activity: geysers, hot springs, and repeated volcanic eruptions.


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Nature is stark and distinctive.


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After the financial crash of 2008, the country received emergency aid from the IMF from the International Monetary Fund.


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Iceland applied for European Union membership in July 2009 as its economy was mired in great trouble.


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[1] However, in August 2013, it withdrew its EU membership negotiators from Brussels.


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[2] In 2017, Iceland's gross domestic product per capita was USD 73092, the third highest in the world and on par with Norway.


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[3] Iceland's biggest source of livelihood is tourism.


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In 2016, Iceland's gross domestic product grew by 7.2 percent.


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[4] History Inhabitation of the island Scandinavians arrived on the island apparently in the 840s.


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According to uncertain accounts, there would have been Irish monks in Iceland before the arrival of the Scandinavians.


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An Irish source from 825 states that some monks had spent the summer in Thule, the description of which corresponds to Iceland.


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Written between 1120—1130, the Book of Icelanders reports that with the arrival of the pagan Scandinavians, Celtic monks fled.


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However, archaeological evidence of pre-Scandinavian settlement has not been found.


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[5] [6] As discoverer of Iceland, medieval sources present several candidates: often the honour is given to the Norwegian Ingólfr Arnarson and his Leif brother.


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The most significant wave of settlers from Norway to Iceland dates to the late 8th century.


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Some of the Scandinavians must have resided in Britain first, which could explain the fact that some of the “starters” mentioned in the Book of Land Recovery have Celtic names.


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According to written sources, the emigration was the tyranny of Harald Kaunotuka, but today the move is considered to have begun even before Kaunotukka rose to power, and the reason for settling has been considered to be more of a concentration of power and property in Norway.


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Based on the census of 1095, Iceland's population was estimated at that time between 40000—100,000.


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[5] Medieval Independence The whole of Iceland's Common Councils, called Allting, the world's oldest still functioning parliament, was founded in 930.


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In 1000, Allting decided that Iceland would embrace Christianity.


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[7] Allting was unable to decide whether Christianity's last judgment was superior to ragnarök, but in the end its chairman, the law reader, made a decision in favour of Christianity.


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For a long time before 1000 there had been Christians in Iceland and the men of King St. Olav of Norway had been doing conversion work in the country.


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[8] Independent Iceland had a rudimentary system of self-government.


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It was based on treaties made by free peasants, the breach of which may have been followed by outlaw or blood commission.


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In the 13th century, some leading families sought to fade power for themselves, leading to violence.


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The period between 1220 and 1260 is called the “Time of the Sturlungs”, according to one of the leading genera.


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The Sturlungs sagas describe the bitter infighting of the time.


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The unique saga literature that flourished in the 13th century, according to European standards, is Iceland's most valuable cultural heritage.


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[9] [10] Period of Norwegian rule In 1262—1264 Icelanders weary of civil wars accepted that Haakon IV annexed the island to Norway and the country began to apply a Norwegian legal and administrative system.


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This was the end of an eccentric Viking age social experiment.


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[5] The Little Ice Age, which began in the 14th century, which completely wiped out the Scandinavian settlement of Greenland during the 15th century, was a hard blow to Iceland as well.


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[11] Plague spread in Iceland between 1402 and 1404 and 1494—1495.


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It killed an estimated half of the island's population.


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[12] Even at the end of the 18th century, Iceland's population was markedly smaller than at the beginning of the 14th century.


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[13] Iceland remained a Norwegian crown colony until 1814, when the Kingdoms of Denmark and Norway were separated and Iceland remained under Danish control.


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[12] Time of Danish rule The parliament that lost its importance had been dissolved in the early 19th century, but was re-established in 1843.


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In 1873 Iceland received a constitution and in 1874 limited self-government, 1904 self-government and on 1 December 1918 the island officially became an independent kingdom in personal union with Denmark as a result of a referendum.


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Contact with Denmark was broken in World War II: Germany occupied Denmark and the Allies in turn Iceland.


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After the war, the country became an independent republic following the 1944 referendum.


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[12] Iceland's renewed independence During World War II, Iceland was first occupied by the British and subsequently in a defensive alliance with the United States.


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After the war, the country joined NATO.


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Iceland did not set up its own army.


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[14] A dispute with the United Kingdom caused by territorial water expansions led to an intermediate break between countries in the early 1950s.


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Britain placed an embargo on Icelandic fish.


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Between 1956 and 1960, 31% of Icelandic exports went to the Soviet Union and SEV countries.


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Iceland received trade in exchange for oil, cars and machinery.


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A more small-scale economic crisis occurred when Iceland's trade to Africa was interrupted due to the Biafran War.


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[15] Beginning in the 1990s, Iceland's economy was heavily liberalized under Prime Minister Davíð Oddsson of the right-wing Independence Party.


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He became the longest-serving Prime Minister of Iceland from 1991 to 2004.


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While fishing remained the most significant sector of the economy, bringing in 70% of export earnings today, Icelandic financial institutions invested significantly in Britain and the Nordic countries.


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US NATO forces left the Keflavík base in September 2006.


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[12] Iceland's economy collapsed in 2008.


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Much of the country's banks went bankrupt or were nationalized as a result of the bursting of the economic bubble.


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For years, the country's economy had been based on oversized risk lending, economic speculation that resulted in the Icelandic state ending up close to bankrupt.


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[16] In November 2008, the International Monetary Fund provided Iceland with a US$2.1 billion loan.


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[12] After weeks of protests, the Icelandic government tended to resign in January 2009.


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[17] In December 2009, Allting approved €3.8 billion in compensation to Britain and the Netherlands for funds lost in the collapse of Icesave.


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The reparations fell in a referendum held by President Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson in March 2010.


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[18] In December 2010, a new agreement was approved whereby Iceland will replace the funds between 2016 and 2046 at an interest rate of around 3%.


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[19] On January 20, 2011, the President announced that he would again veto the bill.


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[20] However, Icelanders rejected the treaty again in a referendum on 9 April 2011.


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[21] The conservative Independence Party (Sjálfstæðisflokkurinn) and the Centrist-Agraaric Progress Party (Framsóknarflokkurinn) governed the country since 1991.


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In the parliamentary elections held on 10 May 2003, the ruling coalition lost four seats, but retained a majority.


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In the elections of 12 May 2007, the Independence Party gained three additional seats, but the Progress Party lost five and gained seven seats.


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[22] Thereafter, the Independence Party continued its governmental cooperation with the Social Democratic Alliance.


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The government was forced to resign due to the economic crisis on 26 January 2009.


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On 1 February 2009, a new government, a minority government formed by the Social Democrats and the Left Greens, began operation.


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Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir, Minister of Social Affairs in the previous government, was appointed Prime Minister, who became the country's first female Prime Minister and at the same time the world's first openly homosexual Prime Minister.


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[23] In the April 2009 parliamentary elections, the Social Democratic Party won 29.8% of the votes cast.


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The Left Greens, allies of the Social Democrats, gained 21.7 percent.


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Of the 63 seats in Parliament, parties won a total of 34 seats.


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[24] On 16 July 2009, the Icelandic Parliament decided to apply for membership of the European Union.


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[25] Formal negotiations began in July 2010.


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[12] However, in August 2013 Iceland withdrew its EU membership negotiators from Brussels.


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EU membership would have required Iceland to open up waters to EU fishing vessels.


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Iceland feared that ships would arrive from EU countries regularly exceeding its fishing quota, which would collapse Iceland's fish stocks.


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[2] Politics Iceland is a parliamentary republic with a president with very little political power as the formal head of state.


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[7] Guðni Thorlacius Jóhannesson was elected president in the June 2016 election.


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[26] In the Icelandic Parliament, the alþing (allting or general districts) has 63 members elected for four-year terms.


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[27] In the parliamentary elections of October 2016, the centre-right Independence Party (Sjálfstæðisflokkurinn) received almost 30% of the vote and 21 seats.


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Its long-time governing partner, the Progress Party (Framsóknarflokkurinn), lost 11 seats, leaving it with only eight seats.


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The Pirate Party received 14.5% of the vote and ten seats.


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[28] Bjarni Benediktsson's government formed after the election consisted of the Independence Party, the Progress Party and the Bright Future Party.


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On 15 September 2017, the government announced its resignation, following an uproar over a letter of recommendation from the Prime Minister's father to restore the honour of a person who abused children.


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The government remained the most short-lived in the country's history.


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Early elections were held on 28 October 2017.


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[29] [30] Following the election, Katrín Jakobsdóttir rose to become Prime Minister when the Green Left Party, the Independence Party and the Progress Party, led by him, agreed to form a coalition government [31].


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The administrative division of Iceland is divided into six electoral regions.


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The new regionalisation was first used in the 2000 election.


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The purpose of the regional distribution reform was to balance the weight of votes by taking into account different population densities in different parts of the country.


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[32] Previously, Iceland was divided into eight regions (landsvæði).


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[33] These continue to be used, inter alia, as a basis for statistics.


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Icelandic region:Oprevious administrationArea (km²) [34] Number of inhabitants (1.1.2010) [34] 1.Höfuðborgarsvæðiðmetropolitan 1 062200 9072.Suðurnesniemi in south82921 3593.Vesturlandwesternie9,55415 3704.Vestfirðirwestern fjords9,4097 3697 Norðurland vestraluoteisosa12,7377 3946.Norðurland eystranorth-easters21 96828 9007.Austurlandeastosa22 72112 4598.Suðurlandeteläosa24 52623 879 Geography The Icelandic state consists of numerous minor islands and bullets in addition to the main island.


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[35] The largest of them are Heimaey (about 13 km²), Hrísey (7.52 km²) and Grímsey (4.6 km²).


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In addition to these, only four others are more than two square miles in size.


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[36] The main island has an area of 101826 square kilometers and the entire state about 103000 square kilometers.


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[37] Iceland lies on the seam between the tectonic plates of Eurasia and North America.


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Because of this, Iceland has a large number of volcanoes, and a lot of earthquakes occur there as well.


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In the 1960s, the island of Surtsey emerged south of the Vestmann Islands, south-west of Iceland, as a result of underwater volcanic eruptions.


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Since its inception, the island has been tranquilized so that scientists can study how plants and animals take over an entirely new area of land.


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[38] Volcano Hekla last erupted in 2000.


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[39] Since then, the volcano of the same name under the Eyjafjallajökull glacier also began erupting in early 2010.


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The ash cloud caused by the eruption snarled air traffic throughout Europe.


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[12] Iceland has many rivers, waterfalls and, thanks to its location, also many hot springs that produce geothermal energy.


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The largest spraying hot spring in Iceland is Geyser, which has given its name to many languages meaning spraying hot spring.


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Iceland also has a large number of glaciers, and about 11.5% of the land area is covered by ice.


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The largest glacier in Europe is Vatnajökull in southern Iceland.


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[40] The highest mountains are over 2000 metres high, and the highest point in the country is Hvannadalshnúkur (2110 m) on the Vatnajökull glacier.


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The coastline of the country is almost on all sides formed by many fjords and coves.


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In many places, rock walls rise steeply straight out of the sea.


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Else, on the other hand, mile-long sandwiches, or somerics, fringe the seafront.


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Overall, there are 4970 kilometres of coastline.


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[41] Vegetation Only a quarter of Iceland's area is covered by vegetation.


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Erosion is intense, and the struggle against it is an important part of nature conservation.


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Iceland's numerous volcanic eruptions, sea breezes and sheep grazing have contributed to the fact that Iceland's nature is barren and desolate.


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However, numerous different plants grow in the country; several hundred wild species are known.


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Mostly they are low-growing plants of Arctic regions.


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In total, 470 species of tube plants are known, of which there are 53 species of grasses.


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[42] An abundance of forest is known to have grown in Iceland, but since colonisation of the island, the original forests have been almost completely felled and no new one has grown in place due to the colder climate.


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However, fell birch, rowan birch and willow bushes grow in the valleys.


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Hay and hinge grassland and sparrow grooms are very common, and due to moisture, swamps have formed in some areas.


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They are mainly apases with their balsac mounds and usually grow tupaswool.


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Hardy flower rots meet amid sandy wildernesses and lava fields.


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Mosses and measly birches often cover old lava and an otherwise barren environment.


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Icelandic lichen grows in extensive mats and has been used in shortage periods for sustenance.


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On the coasts grow in orange spots of aspen yellow lichen.


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The algae vegetation of the shore waters is lush.


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Common species include brown-purple Irish moss and green kelp relative Fucus distichus.


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[43] Large reforestation projects are underway in Iceland.


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Afforestation is difficult, however, as almost everywhere free-grazing sheep eat the planted seedlings.


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Therefore, forested areas have had to be fences.


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In addition, forest growth is quite slow.


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Icelanders, however, are determined to reforest about five percent of low-lying lands by 2040.


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Wood species used in afforestation are mainly fell birch and rowan, which grow naturally in the area.


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Sitka fir trees have been planted in the south and west of the country since before World War II, and Siberian larch is also thriving in the drier eastern part.


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[44] Fauna When Iceland was colonised, there were no other large-sized land mammals in the country except for naals.


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[45] Nales are still common and regularly wreak havoc in herds of sheep.


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With man came rats and mice to the island.


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Reindeer were imported from Norway, whose descendants now live free in the highlands of East Iceland.


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As a result of mink farming, escaped minks spread into the wild.


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A total of 17 species of whales and several seal species are trolling in Icelandic waters.


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Whales were abundantly fished until 1986, even after which Iceland has caught bay and herring whales for scientific purposes.


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Seals are hunted for their fur, especially in August and October, but hunting is allowed throughout the year.


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[46] The most common domestic animals are cattle, sheep and horses.


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In addition, many other domestic animals are kept in rural areas.


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The actual fauna of Iceland consists of birds, of which at least 300 species have been found.


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Seabirds, waterfowl and waders are the most common domestic bird groups.


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Typical seabirds include stormbird, lapintern, ransom, northern witch, feed and mouthed.


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Iceland is the main nesting area for water and seabirds in Europe.


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Insect species in Iceland have been registered in about 800 copies.


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Beetles and wasps are common.


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Of the butterflies, only moth and night moths occur in Iceland.


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Icelandic rivers occur salmon, and char, grayling and brook trout thrive in lakes and streams.


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[47] Two other fish species living in Iceland's inland waters are the eel and the three-spined.


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None of these fish are actually an inland fish; they are marine fish that have only adapted to freshwater conditions.


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[48] Abundant plankton in Icelandic waters provides food conditions for marine fauna.


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A total of 293 species of fish have been observed in saltwater fish.


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Major deep-sea fish include cod, haddock, redfish and saithe.


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Of the surface water fish, the most important are herring and woolly smelt.


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Their prey varies from year to year.


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[49] Crayfish, lobsters, scallops and Icelandic mussels are the main crustaceans and mussels.


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Sea sausages and sea urchins are caught from echinoderms.


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[50] Iceland has developed its own horse breed, the Icelandic horse.


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Throughout its history, the horse has been of great importance to the inhabitants of the island.


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The Icelandic horse has been useful to humans for hundreds of years.


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Horses belong as an important part of the Icelandic landscape and in rural areas they graze freely in large herds.


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Horses are not allowed to be imported into Iceland from abroad, as Icelanders want to keep the breed clean, but they are allowed to take them away — Icelandic horses have been widely exported around the world.


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[51] Climate The climate of Iceland is mild all year round thanks to the Golf Stream.


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Temperatures drop to around −10°C at its lowest in the winter in southern Iceland, in northern Iceland again to around −15°C.


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The highest temperature on the warmest day in July is +21°C in the south and a maximum of +18°C in the north.


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The typical summer day temperature from early July to mid-August is around +16°C in the southern parts and a couple of degrees lower in the north.


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Hellengeal almost never occurs in Iceland.


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Weather is very variable throughout the year, despite certain regularities typical for different seasons.


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Climate charts of Iceland (precipitation in blue, average temperature in red) Icelandic precipitation varies drastically by region.


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South Iceland is the rainier region.


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The rainiest period there is from October to March, when about 100 millimetres of water rains in each month, up to 120 millimetres in October—November.


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The driest period is late spring, when around 60millimetres of rain falls in May—June each.


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Northern Iceland is drier territory than the south.


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There, the rains are distributed in the same way as in the south, but the amounts are smaller.


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It rains around 400 in northern Iceland, while up to 1200millimetres per year in the south.


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A photograph of Iceland in January 2004.


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Glaciers in summer.


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The clouds have been digitally removed.


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Tourism Iceland has two sites on the UNESCO World Heritage List: Surtsey Island and Þingvellir National Park.


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[52] There are two other national parks in the country: Snæfellsjökull National Park between the volcano and the glacier, and the Vatnajökull National Park, which includes, in addition to the Vatnajökull Glacier, Iceland's highest single mountain, the Snæfell, Skaftafell and the Jökulsárgljufur Gorge.


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[53] Many of Iceland's main tourist attractions are natural destinations, such as Gullfoss, Vatnajökull, and Haukadalur and its geysers.


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Other popular destinations include the Heimaey Staff Church and the Blue Lagoon outdoor swimming hall.


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Economy Fishing plays a very important role in Iceland's economic life, but the biggest source of income is tourism.


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Fishing brings in 40% of export income, more than 12% of GDP and employs about five per cent of the workforce.


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However, Iceland's economy is sensitive to swings in world prices for its main export products, such as fish and fish products and aluminium.


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[41] Due to differences in elevation, precipitation and volcanism, geothermal energy and hydropower are well beyond your own need.


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The country's energy independence is 60 percent.


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[7] Hydropower is used specifically for aluminium production.


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Iceland is a volcanic region, so geothermal energy is used a lot for heating, especially greenhouse farming.


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In September—October 2008, Iceland was mired in a major economic crisis, resulting in the state taking control of the country's three largest banks (Glitnir, Landsbanki and Kaupthing) and the country seeking and receiving emergency assistance from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the first Western nation since 1978.


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$2.1 billion in aid was provided.


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In early 2010, both the president and the public in a referendum opposed a plan to pay the Netherlands and Britain the funds they had used to offset the losses of their own citizens in the collapse of Icelandic banks.


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[12] In February 2011, the country's parliament revisited the issue and decided to reimburse the sums to the Netherlands and Britain, but the president refused to sign the law.


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It was decided to hold a further referendum on the issue.


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[54] At the end of 2009, Iceland's unemployment rate was 8.2.


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Inflation in 2009 was 12per cent and gross domestic product fell by 6.6per cent.


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The unemployment rate for 2012 was around six percent.


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In January 2013, Iceland won a trial at the European Free Trade Organization (EFTA) over Icesave.


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EFTA ruled in favour of Iceland that its individual citizens did not have to pay for bankers' speculations, and therefore not to compensate for losses incurred in the Netherlands and Britain.


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However, the estate of the bankrupt Landsbanki is believed to even exceed the amount claimed by Britain and the Netherlands and part of the sum has already been reimbursed.


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Despite the EFTA decision, Iceland intends to continue repaying loans from the bankruptcy estate.


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[41] Transport Private motoring is popular in Iceland, and in 2009 there was a car for every 1.6 inhabitants.


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Around the country is circled by the 1339 kilometer-long ring road to Hringvegur, which was completed in 1974.


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[55] In total, there are 12869 km of road and less than 4500 km of these are paved.


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The country has 99 airports, six of which are tarmac paved.


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The major airports are Keflavík, Reykjavík and Akureyri.


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Air traffic is dense with respect to the population, in part because there are no motorways in Iceland and there are no railways.


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The main ports are Grundartangi, Hafnarfjörður and Reykjavík.


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[41] Population in Iceland had 338,349 inhabitants in January 2017, [56] and 216,878 of them in the Greater Reykjavík area.


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[57] There are 103 municipalities, 23 historical provinces (sýslur) and 14 towns (kaustaðir) in the country.


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The country is divided into six constituencies.


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[58] At the beginning of 2018, about 67.2% of the population belonged to the Icelandic Lutheran Church.


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[59] No actual surnames are in use in Iceland; the latter name is a matronymic or patronymic (for example Þor Björgólfsson, Vigdis Finnbogadóttir).


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[60] Therefore, Icelanders are arranged alphabetically by first name.


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It is appropriate and advisable in the country to address people by first name even in formal situations.


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[27] There have been quite a few immigrants to Iceland recently.


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The largest groups of expatriates in Iceland are Poles (9,049), Lithuanians (1,605) and Germans (919).


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A total of 20,957 people (6.59%) of the population have been born abroad.


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Schooling is compulsory for ages 6 to 16.


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[61] For older, there are voluntary secondary schools, many of which are boarding schools.


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A priestly seminary was established in the country in 1847, a school of medicine in 1876 and a law school in 1908, and the three merged to become a university in 1911.


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Other faculties were added to it later.


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[62] Culture Language and literature Icelandic is spoken in Iceland, which is the closest of the Nordic languages spoken today and remained relatively unchanged until the 12th century.


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[27] Icelandic edda and scald poems represent the most handsome medieval literature in Europe.


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The Skaldi Poetry recounted the deeds of the princes.


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Poets, or scalds, performed them at courts, feasts and funerals.


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In addition to medically elaborate narrative poems, their work was to swiftly refine short poems as well.


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Edda collections refer to the Poemo-Edda and the Prose Edda, which tell of old mythology.


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The Poem-Edda is a collection of old folk poems by unknown authors.


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Völsungai's saga presents in prose form the content of the Poemo-Edda hero songs.


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The Prose Edda, or Edda of Snorri, is a textbook for scaldi poets compiled by Snorri Sturluson in the 13th century.


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[63] Sagas form the central part of medieval narrative literature.


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Sometimes also known as family sagas, Icelandic sagas tell of the genera that inhabited Iceland, their descendants, and their stages.


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The most prestigious of the family sagas are the Saga of Burned Njálli and the Saga of the Salmon Valley.


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Others include the Greenlanders saga and the Wine Land saga, which tell of the colonisation of Greenland and Vinland (Newfoundland).


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The best sagas have a great literary reputation.


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Their narrative is stating, the dialogues short and impressive in their succinctness.


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The austerity and dramatic nature of the sagas have provided ingredients for Iceland's newer literature.


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[63] Particularly in the 13th and 14th centuries in Iceland, endemic knight sagas and ancient sagas influenced by European knight novels were written in Iceland.


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In the 17th century, a wealth of hymn poetry was drafted in the country.


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The 19th century saw a new boom of Romantic poets, and in the 20th century came modern novels.


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The heyday culminated when Halldór Laxness was awarded the 1955 Nobel Prize in Literature.


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[64] Latest Knee writers include Arnaldur Indriðason, Einar Kárason, Einar Már Guðmundsson, Hallgrímur Helgason and Þórarinn Eldjárn.


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[65] Film and music Filmmaking began in Iceland as early as 1906.


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In the early stages, the country was visited mainly by Scandinavian film crews, shooting drama films in Iceland's jilty landscapes.


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The only silent drama film made with Icelandic power was completed in 1923, but many documentaries were made.


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In 1979, the Icelandic Film Foundation was established, and regular production of domestic films began.


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Since the 1980s, about three films a year have been produced in the country.


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Well-known Icelandic film directors include Friðrik Þór Friðriksson, whose film Children of Nature from 1991 was Oscar-nominated, and Rúnar Rúnarsson, whose short film Síðasti bærinn was nominated in 2006.


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[66] The Icelandic Conservatory was founded in 1930 and the Symphony Orchestra in 1950.


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Iceland's most famous pop star is singer Björk.


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[67] Other well-known Icelandic artists include Sigur Rós, Sólstafir, Jan Mayen, Mínus and Múm.


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Silvía Night has gained fame throughout the world in the Eurovision Song Contest.


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Among the composers of art music, one of the best known internationally is probably Jón Leifs.


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Reykjavík hosts the annual Riff Film Festival and jazz festivals.


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Located in Borgarfjörður, Reykholt hosts classical music festivals every summer.


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[53] [68] [69] Food and Customs Culture According to author Halldór Laxness in Iceland “life is a salt fish”.


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At the party, smoked lamb is eaten.


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[62] The traditional dairy product skyr resembles creamy curd.


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At the time of the Þorrablót feast in midwinter, “súrmatur”, or food preserved with whey, blood sausage, carted sheep heads and preserved ram's testicles are eaten, and as a special speciality leavened shark (hákarl).


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The name of distilled liquor, or brennivine, is “black death”.


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[53] A traditional Icelandic sweater with raglan sleeves and a serrated pattern on the top and sleeves is called lopapeysa.


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[53] Bathing is popular and swimming education has been part of the school programme for 60 years.


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Many swimming pools are heated by geothermal heat and swim in the open air even in freezing temperatures.


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[70] Media There are several television channels in the country: state Sjónvarpið and a few commercial, Stöð 2 and Skjáreinn.


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The television channel and two radio channels of the state broadcaster Ríkisútvarpiði are financed by licence fees and advertising revenue.


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It has been tasked with promoting the Icelandic language and culture.


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[71] The children's television series Lazy Town or Latibær has also been widely distributed abroad.


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[72] Newspapers that appear daily include Morgunblaðið, Fréttablaðið and tabloid DV.


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[71] The print volumes of magazines and books, relative to the number of inhabitants, are among the highest in the world.


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[27] Sport The national sport of Iceland is a form of wrestling known as glima, inherited from the Middle Ages.


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[73] Iceland has participated in the Olympic Games since 1908.


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It typically has a team of less than ten athletes at the Winter Olympics, but at the Summer Olympics it has also participated in team sports making the Olympic team larger.


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The country has received two bronzes (Bjarni Friðriksson 1984 for judo, Vala Flosadóttir 2000 for the impaled jump) and two silver medals (Vilhjálmur Einarsson 1956 for the triple jump and the handball team 2008).


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[74] The Icelandic handball team has won Olympic silver in 2008 as well as European Championship bronze in 2010.


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[74] [75] Football is also a very popular sport in Iceland; the country has a total of 21,508 registered players and 145 clubs.


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The men's national team was ranked 22nd in the FIFA rankings as of June 2017.


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[76] Eiður Guðjohnsen is the top scorer of the national team.


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The country's best achievement in football is from the 2016 European Championships, where it reached the quarterfinals.


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It was also Iceland's first appearance in a European Championship or World Cup football.


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Iceland has also achieved success from strongman competitions.


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Magnús Ver Magnússon and Jón Páll Sigmarsson each won the World's Strongest Man competition on four occasions.


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[77] In basketball, the only NBA player in the country is Pétur Guðmundsson.


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[78] Iceland has a strong chess culture in relation to its population.


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Amphibians (Amphibia) is a class of vertebrate animals.


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They are semi-aquatic animals and their development includes an aquatic, gill-breathing larval stage.


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Amphibians are changeable heat.


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The scientific name of the class Amphibia means two living, or double lives in Finnish, [1] which refers to amphibians getting along both on land and in water.


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In seawater, however, amphibians do not live.


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Anatomy Skin and Body Shape The skin of amphibians is bare and protected from dehydration by secretions produced by the glands.


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Most amphibians even move around at night to avoid drying out in the sunshine.


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Amphibian respiration occurs partly directly through the skin because the lungs are more primitive than in other vertebrates.


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There are either one type or two types of glands in the skin of amphibians.


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The function of the mucous glands is primarily to keep the fluid balance in the body normal.


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When the amphibian is in contact with water, gland function is increased and more mucus is created.


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This is aimed at ensuring that water does not penetrate the skin.


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In addition to slime glands, some species also have venom glands, which they use to protect themselves against predators.


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The venom glands are located diffuse in different parts of the skin and in places as large clusters.


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In addition to glands, the skin is also rich in pigmentation, that is, color cells, the activity of which determines the coloring of frogs.


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Skin color may vary to some extent depending on the frog's environment and mood, [1] but not as effectively as in chameleons, for example.


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The body shape of amphibians varies by sect.


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Worm frogs (Apoda), as their name suggests, are worm-like, their body is narrow and they have turned into hiding agents.


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Their skulls are sturdy so their brains wouldn't be damaged when they burrow headfirst into the earth.


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Tailed frogs (Urodela) are lizard-like and tailed, they resemble their ancestor.


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Frogs and toads (Anura) are tailless, looking like a conventional frog.


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You can tell from their skeletal system the way they move, that is to say, their leaping.


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The tail, which disturbs leaping, has disappeared from frogs and toads.


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The hindlimbs important for leaping, in turn, are lengthened and the pelvis attaches perfectly to the spine, which is short and stiff.


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Strong forelimbs and shoulders have been strengthened to secure entry.


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The amphibian exoskeleton is largely cartilaginous.


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Amphibians have four limbs apart from worm frogs and often have flippers on their toes to facilitate swimming.


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In the larval stage, amphibians are limbless, gill-shaped and have a tail for swimming.


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Skeletal and musculature The earliest amphibians had a robust exoskeleton, but from species living today this exoskeleton has already almost completely disappeared.


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The backbone of amphibians has also evolutionarily changed shape, specializing in different frog species for different purposes.


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The number of dorsal vertebrae varies among different sects; for certain tailed frogs the number might be close to a hundred, while for some actual frogs the equivalent number is six.


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[1] Amphibians have only one cervical vertebra, the so-called atlas vertebra or supporter vertebra, which connects the skull and spine by two “pins”.


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Due to the lack of other cervical vertebrae, amphibians are only able to move their heads up and down.


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In amphibians, the shoulder includes two scapulas which are partially cartilaginous, two raven bones, two front vultures, and two clavicles in frogs.


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There is, for the most part, cartilage from the sternum, and the ribs do not extend to it.


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Such a shoulder is completely absent in worm frogs, and even in ordinary frogs it is of two types.


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In the archeferous type of shoulder, the clavicles and raven bones are clearly spaced apart and the anterior raven bones are spaced.


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In the more advanced firmisternical type, the clavicles and raven bones nearly touch each other and the anterior raven bones have fused together to form a single large cartilage.


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Formed from the ilium, sessile bone and pubic bone of amphibians, the pelvis articulates with the cross-branches of the only sacral vertebra of the spine.


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Like the shoulders, worm lizards also lack a pelvis.


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Amphibians have four limbs apart from mud lizards.


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[1] Their limbs consist of the same parts of the skeleton as other animals, that is, they have an upper arm, forearm and palm on the forelimbs, and a thigh, shin and foot on the hindlimbs.


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In the anatomy of tailed frogs, the ulna and radial bone, as well as the femur and fibula, are separated, and in common frogs the affected bones have joined together into two large bones.


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Fingered amphibians usually have four and toes five, but among tailed frogs their numbers may vary.


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The hindlimbs of common frogs are longer than the forelimbs, but in tailed frogs all limbs are the same length.


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The musculature of amphibians is built in accordance with the way they move.


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In the larval stage, the body and tail appendages have split into divisions as in fish, but in adult individuals the situation is second except for a few species of worms and tailed frogs.


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In the limbs, the short muscles are innermost and the long muscles are on top of them.


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Offal Nearly all amphibians have teeth with the exception of some species in certain tribes.


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In tailed frogs, the teeth are in the upper and lower jaws, but in actual frogs they are often absent in the lower jaw.


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The gripping teeth used for adhesion not only come off easily, but also grow back easily.


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Most amphibian species also have a bulky and muscular tongue that is missing in fish, for example.


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Its length and shape vary, and in some tailed frog species it is about as long as the animal itself.


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[1] The tongue of frogs is usually attached to the base of the oral cavity in front or behind.


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In certain species, the surface of the tongue is covered by a sticky layer of mucus.


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Stickiness is caused by secretions from the glands that open in the mouth.


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The language has little use for aquatic animals and most tailed frogs lack it.


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They state the tongue has a muscle layer at the bottom of the mouth.


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Also, from some toads almost-adapted to aquatic life, the language has almost disappeared.


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The stomachs of amphibians are spacious and muscular.


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The gut is short in adult individuals that use small animals for their nutrition, but long in vegetable-eating larvae.


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Due to the development of the digestive glands, digestion is fast and efficient.


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The brains of amphibians greatly resemble those of fish.


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The front halves of the brain that process olfactory sensations are, along with the visual hills of the midbrain, the widest parts of the amphibian brain.


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The hindbrain is less developed and is left with minimal transverse folds.


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The length of the spinal cord varies among sects; in tailed frogs it extends as far as the tail-end, in frogs only at the base of the tail.


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Senses Amphibians have preserved some features of fish in their senses, such as flank line senses found in larval frogs and some species of worms and tails frog.


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With this sense, amphibians sense the vibrations of water.


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The vibrational sensations act as small tactile nodules, which are organized into rows.


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The most important line of sensing can be compared to the fish flank line.


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Of the other senses, the sense of taste is located only in the tongue and palate.


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The amphibian's fairly good sense of smell is located in the snout, where the olfactory epithelium of the nasal cavity forms the Jacobson organ.


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From the nostril leads through the nasal cavity to the mouth a coan called tubules.


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The accuracy of the sense of vision varies depending on the species.


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The eyes of amphibians are located near the top of the head.


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Frogs that defect to attack their prey tend to have the best sense of sight.


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On the ground surface, predators tend to have weaker than them.


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The toads that stalk their prey are the most myopic.


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Worm frogs and some tailed frogs are almost completely blind.


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The retina of amphibians has three layers of cells.


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As with more advanced vertebrates, visual accuracy depends on the number of pin and rod cells in the eye.


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In frogs, the adaptation of the eye occurs as in fish, that is, adjusting the lens with special muscles.


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The eyes of amphibians are constantly moistened by secretions secreted from the eye glands.


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Moving eyelids can completely cover them.


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[2] Of the amphibians, a few vocalize.


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The worm frogs are all mute.


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Of the tailed frogs, only a few know how to quietly whisk.


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Frogs and toads, in turn, know how to vocalize the so-called curling.


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When curdling, the frog closes its nostrils and pumps air back and forth from the mouth to the lungs and back from the lungs to the mouth.


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A curling sound is generated by the air passing over the vocal tendons.


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The frog can also cucumber in water because it keeps its nostrils closed when it keeps its nostrils closed.


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Of frogs, most commonly, only males make noises.


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When threatened with danger, caught or startled, frogs can emit a sound that sounds like parting or squealing from the currant.


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[3] In frogs and villains, the eardrum is located on the surface of the body, just behind the eyes.


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It can be detected by the rest of the skin as a lighter circled area.


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Tail frogs don't have an eardrum.


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They sense only oscillations transmitted by the bones of the forelimbs to the skull.


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The inner ear consists of two diaphragm sacs, of which the upper are joined by three equilibrium arc passages.


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The lower membrane sac includes a certain lengthening corresponding to the cochlear sensory organ of the inner ear of higher vertebrates.


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There is only one auditory bone in the middle ear, the columella, which leads from the eardrum to the tympanic cavity.


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Evolutionary History of Amphibians Amphibians were the first animals in developmental history to emerge from water on land.


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[1] This occurred approximately 390 million years ago, or in the Devonian period.


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In ancient times, amphibians lived more abundantly than in modern times.


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Many amphibian groups that once flourished have become extinct over the ages.


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The vast majority of fossilised amphibians found belonged to an already extinct order of armoured frogs (Temnospondyli).


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Based on the low number of worm frogs and their interconnected skull bones, some researchers have concluded worm frogs to be the direct and vestigial descendants of armoured frogs.


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[1] However, it is also possible that the anatomy of worm frogs is due to their anomalous lifestyles.


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The first actual frogs (Protobatrachus) are known from the Triassic.


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In this case, these frogs still had a long tail, but the head and upper body had already developed close to their current shape.


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However, there is also the possibility that the fossils found represented only the larval stage and that adult frogs might have lacked a tail.


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[1] The known evolutionary history of the third order of amphibians, namely tailed frogs, does not begin until the Jurassic period.


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There have been claims that tailed frogs were descended from a different group of ancient fish than other amphibians [1] but there have been many objections to this.


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The tailed frogs of the Jurassic period were enough to feed, which is why they could grow up to four metres in length.


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[4] The exact evolutionary history of amphibians is therefore unknown.


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Certainly, however, they can be said to have evolved from the heel forms of the order Rhipidistia which lived in the Devonian period belonging to a subclass of stemfish (Crossopterygii).


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The same order Rhipidistia is also considered to be a common stock group of reptiles, mammals, and birds.


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Members of the sect of actual frogs thrive best in the tropics.


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Their number of species decreases rapidly as they move north and south from the dater.


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Most of the species live in the rainforests of South America.


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Although rainforests are the most ideal habitat for frogs, they have spread throughout the rest of the world and are found on all continents except Antarctica.


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Some species live as far north as the northern Arctic Circle or in the Himalayan Mountains even at altitudes above 4000 m.


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[1] The only factors limiting distribution are persistent cold as well as drought.


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Also, amphibians' ability to tolerate salt is poor.


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Worm and tailed frogs in particular are particularly sensitive to salt.


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Some actual frogs have much better tolerance and certain species such as bufo calamita (Bufo calamita), bell frogs (Bombina) and disc tongue frogs (Discoglossidae) can temporarily withstand up to salt grams per litre of water.


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Amphibians, due to their poor salt tolerance, cannot live in seawaters.


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Classification All current amphibians belong to the subfamily Lissamphibia.


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Normally they are divided into three sects.


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They are further divided into tribes, genera, and species according to dorsal vertebrae, teeth, muscles, or other anatomical features.


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There are currently 56 tribes and more than 6000 species.


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[5] All amphibians living today are divided into three sects: Worm frogs (Gymnophiona/Apoda) Tailed frogs aka salamander animals (Caudata/Urodela) Frogs (Anura) The modern classification of amphibian classification has been disputed for a long time and still is not well established.


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It should be taken into account that the term “amphibian” can mean all tetrapods that live in water and land, or the class of animals Amphibia.


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[6] The traditional classification of amphibians, based on the morphology of vertebral nodes, is now apparently obsolete and the group does not meet the criteria for a monophyletic group.


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Amphibia comprises only all tetrapods that are not amniotes.


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Today, tetrapods are divided into Batrachomorpha and Reptiliomorpha.


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The group Amphibia would belong partly to Batrachomorpha, “genuine” amphibians, and partly to Reptilomorpha, to which the ancestor of amniotes belongs.


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[7] Lissamphibian should therefore be the correct designation for amphibians.


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Distribution The distribution of tailed frogs is mostly located in the Northern Hemisphere and especially the North American continent.


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Totally tailed frogs are absent from sub-Saharan Africa, the Indian subcontinent, the Pacific archipelagos, as well as Australia.


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The range of worm frogs extends to fifteenth degrees latitude on either side of the equator.


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They require at least one meter of annual rainfall for their living areas.


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Most of the genera live in Central and South America, some in Africa and a few in Asia and especially the Seychellis Islands.


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Amphibians There are five species of amphibians regularly found in Finland: frog, cloak frog, toad, water lizard and rupe-lizard.


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[8] During the 1930s—1960s, roaring frogs appeared in Helsinki and Porvoo.


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In 1993 and 1994, an individual green villain was observed in Kotka.


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[9] In the 21st century, new species of edible frog, lessona frog and alpine water lizard have been introduced from Finland.


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[9] The amphibian species is greatly diversified when moving to milder regions; 11 amphibian species are already present in Estonia.


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[10] Lifestyle Amphibians Living in trees A large proportion of common frogs and some tailed frogs live in trees.


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[1] A tribe of amphibians living in trees are leaf-frogs.


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Leaf frogs have undergone many anatomical changes over the course of their evolutionary history, allowing them to become amenable to their habitat.


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For example, they have long fingers and toes, between which a piece of cartilage suitable as a sticking plate has developed between the last two bones.


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In addition, the skin of the abdomen of leaf frogs secretes a sticky substance.


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Due to the sticking plates and sticky exudate, several leaf frogs are able to stick to erect leaves or even hang on the undersides of horizontal leaves.


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Some amphibians living in trees never land on the surface of the earth.


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They usually perform laying on leaves curving over water.


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Once developed enough, the larvae begin to produce an enzyme that breaks down the leaf.


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Thus, the larvae fall into the water, where they develop according to normal deformation.


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Once ascended on land, they immediately climb trees, where they spend the rest of their lives.


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The larvae of tailed frogs living in trees grow and develop in small puddles of water formed by nature, for example on the leaves of pineapple and banana plants.


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Amphibians specialising in digging Several amphibians use natural pits as their shelter and hiding places, but some species also dig their corridors themselves.


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There are also many species of amphibians specialized in digging within the order of amphibians.


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Almost all worms, as well as numerous tailed frogs, live just like this.


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Worm frogs are most numerous in the spongy soil of valley bottoms, where they move like earthworms by constricting and stretching their cylindrical body.


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Such worm frogs dig their way forward with their hard-mouthed head and lay eggs in underground chambers they hollowed out.


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Females of some species also guard their eggs until they hatch, [1] but not nearly all species do this.


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Also, some actual frogs specialize in digging.


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An example of this is the knife-foot frog (Pelobates cultripes) found in the south of France.


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Its habitat is sandwiches and sandy beaches, where burrowing into the soil it spends its days.


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As evening darkens, it emerges from its burrow in search of its sustenance.


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[11] If a frog encounters light in search of nourishment, for example the reflection of a flashlight, it will solidify motionless, waiting for the dark to return.


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Feeling safe, these frogs burrow into the sand again.


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Aquatic amphibians Aquatic amphibians form their own rather small ecological group.


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As actual frogs fully adapted to aquatic life, honeycomb toads (Pipa), some vocal frogs (Telmatobius), as well as clawed frogs (Xenopus) can be cited as examples.


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Of these species, vocal frogs living in the Andes have huge subcutaneous lymphatic sacs, which enable vocal frogs to be able to live at depths of more than 50 metres without having to rise to the surface to breathe.


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[1] In some species of tailed frog, gills persist through life, which is why they live their entire life in water.


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Of worm frogs, only waterworm frogs (Typhlonectes) live continuously in water.


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Part land and part aquatic amphibians Most actual frogs and tailed frogs live part in water and part on land.


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Generally, these species thrive in moist areas near bodies of water.


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Some species go into the water only to overwinter at the bottoms of bodies of water or to spawn.


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Other species such as the fire salamander are even less in contact with water, although they spend much of their lives in the vicinity of water bodies.


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Fire salamanders specialize in giving birth to highly developed larvae that can swim already at birth and have large feather gills.


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The female only goes close enough to the water when giving birth that its rear end sinks.


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It then lowers its young in the water and rises again on land.


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Fire salamanders who spend their youth in water forget their swimming skills when they grow up and a fully grown fire salamander that has fallen into the water may easily drown.


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Some amphibian species specialising in a mixture of terrestrial and aquatic life, such as the olms, live their lives in damp caves.


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Nutrition All amphibians except mud lizards are carnivorous and eat only live prey.


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[1] Water lizards and aquatic frogs can be partly considered exceptions, as they can also be accustomed to eating immobile prey such as earthworm fragments or the like.


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The reason for amphibians' pickiness about immobile food is because they do not pay close attention to stationary targets and therefore cannot distinguish an immobile prey animal from motionless plants.


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Overexerting the target triggers the amphibian's predatory reflex.


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The amphibian will immediately strike a moving target if it is colourful enough, which will result in amphibians usually catching only plant food driven by the wind.


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They usually spit unsustenance fragments out of their mouths, but many times they have time to swallow parts of plants in their stomachs.


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The size of the prey animal is dependent on the size of the predatory amphibian.


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Most amphibians are small in size, and insects and invertebrates are preferred for them.


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The bulkier amphibians can eat rodents, birds and snakes.


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Also, cannibalism is not uncommon among amphibians.


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Many amphibians specialize in eating and preying on a particular kind of prey such as termites and some may even settle close to their prey if the prey remains in the same area like ants and termites throughout their lives.


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The amphibian offspring in the larval stage eat plant food.


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During shape-shifting, the amphibian's entire digestive system is rebuilt, causing adult individuals to switch to carnivorous.


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In deformation, the area of the mouth of the amphibian changes and the intestine shortens.


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After the oral region acquires its exact shape, it is ossified and adhesive teeth grow on it.


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Reproduction With a few exceptions, amphibians, as a rule, breed in water.


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However, there are some exceptions: as an example, species belonging to the genus Arthrolepsis, which descend their spawning into damp underground passages.


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Some species, on the other hand, carry their larvae on their backs, in a sac formed by a fold of skin, or in a vocal bladder.


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Some species even give birth to small, but fully developed larvae.


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[1] Mating and subsequent spawning decline are preceded by the soid, the content of which varies among each species.


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Among tailed frogs and especially their aquatic species, soid is usually a dance highlighted by skin varices as well as different colours.


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After spawning, the colors fade and return to normal mode.


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Among actual frogs, spawning moths do not particularly occur.


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Males express themselves in a mating tune by curdling and struggling violently with each other.


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There is also a difference in the mating habits of actual frogs.


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The midwifery amphibian (Alytes obstericans) holds the female by the neck, after which it begins to “milk” on its hind legs the female to spawn.


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Males of other species cling to the female and do not let go until the female has lowered the roe.


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In frogs, fertilization is external, meaning the male lowers his milk on top of the female's roe.


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Again, a few species make an exception and in some species fertilization occurs internally.


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In this case, the larvae develop inside their mother.


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Among tailed frogs, fertilization is carried out internally.


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The male first lowers small sperm cocoons on the ground which the female sucks into her cloacal intestine and the roe fertilizes.


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Worm frog dogs have a special mating organ, which is why their fertilization occurs internally, too.


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Laying usually occurs in water.


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Some species leave their spawning to drift freely, but some attach it tightly to rocks, for example.


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Laying eggs on tree leaves or parts of plants curving over water is also possible because once born, the larvae fall directly into the water below and continue to develop.


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Amphibian eggs have little reserve food compared to those of birds and reptiles, so hatching larvae are forced to find their food themselves.


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The larvae of frogs and villains are called tadpoles.


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They bear little resemblance to an adult individual.


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The larvae of tailed frogs are somewhat adult-looking.


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The rate of development of the larvae depends on the species, as well as the habitats and the season.


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In some places, development can take years and it is claimed some Central European frog species have been in the larval stage for more than 20 years.


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[1] The size of the larvae also varies from species to species, and the size achieved by individuals of the species when adult is not necessarily affected.


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Threats Amphibians are food for many animals.


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A natural threat to adult amphibians include birds and snakes.


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In turn, tadpoles and eggs are threatened by many fish and large aquatic insects.


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The number of amphibians, and especially the number of actual frogs, is declining around the world.


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Especially since the Second World War, the number of frogs in Europe has fallen to half of the pre-war situation in certain regions, and in some places they remain less than 10% of the stocks that were present before the war.


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[12] The large decrease in the number of frogs is mostly due to human activity.


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In most cases, humans have directly affected amphibian habitats or otherwise hampered the amphibian's chances of survival.


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The main factors causing frog loss are pollution as well as land use.


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The frogs have already lost most of the wetland areas important for their survival.


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Biologists have been aware of the accelerating loss of frogs for ages, but no concrete conservation efforts of any kind have been taken.


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The accelerating loss of frogs is a complex and very tricky problem to solve at both local and general levels.


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Even in amphibians living in protected areas, species loss and population decline have not been stopped.


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[12] Frog species, especially in uplands, have become much rarer in recent years.


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Biologists tended to the rapid loss of frog species no later than the end of the 1970s and 1980s.


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1973 had found a cataclysmic new species, the stomach-churning villain (Rheobatrachus silus), which by studying it was believed to have come closer to treating stomach ulcers.


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The stomach-churning villain knew how to control his stomach acids and it was this skill that wanted to be explored further.


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In 1979, scientists believed the entire future of the species was completely secured due to the large numbers of chicks, but even later that year adult specimens of the species had completely disappeared and the teams of researchers failed to find a single specimen.


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The last known stomach-churning villain died in the lab in 1983.


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Another species rapidly extinct was the “Bufo perigneles” golden toad species.


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In the 1987 breeding season, they were believed to have about 1500 adult specimens left, but as early as the following year no representatives of the species were found and in 1989 the species was declared extinct.


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At the latest it was realised amphibians were at risk all over the globe and worrying news of species loss and stock collapses were heard from around the world.


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The problem was not only in densely populated polluted habitats, but frog species were also at risk in remote areas.


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Not only were the rarest species at risk; stocks of common frog species also fell.


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The phenomenon was reported from all continents.


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It was found that in places severe deformities and tumors occurred in frogs' chicks.


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According to a study in the United States, deformities had increased in 42 different states and in some places as many as half of the frogs had some form of deformity.


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[12] As malformations increased, frog fertility also decreased; according to a 1992 study in the western United States, up to 95% of frogs' eggs were destroyed before they were able to develop into larvae.


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[12] The International Organisation for Conservation of Nature IUCN has launched a project to identify the causes of increased deformities in frogs.


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There has been no success in finding a single factor, but IUCN studies suggest that a thinning ozone layer in the atmosphere and UV light reaching the ground may explain some of the deformity.


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An already small increase in radiation levels in a given area might be enough for egg destruction and, at worst, for the decline and perhaps extinction of entire frog populations.


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[12] Another notable factor in the increase in malformations and reduced fertility is environmental chemicals.


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Many of the pesticides and chemical fertilizers used end up in the natural cycle, where they affect the animals' ability to reproduce and increase malformations as well as weaken immune defenses.


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[12] The weakening of immune defences leads to the fact that previously harmless bacteria and fungi have become very lethal among frogs.


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Currently up to a third of known amphibians are at risk of being lost from Earth and becoming extinct.


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[13] Species loss is faster among amphibians than in any other animal group.


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[13] For example, the number of amphibians at risk exceeds the number of mammals and birds at risk.


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[13] Half of Europe's amphibian species are at risk of extinction by 2050.


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[14] Importance of amphibians to the ecosystem Amphibians are an important food source for several different animals.


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Adult amphibians are part of the diet of some mammals and snakes, among other things.


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[15] The offspring of amphibians in the stage of development are also food for fish as well as various aquatic insects.


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Amphibians are not only prey animals, but also predators, and therefore play a great role in the ecosystem.


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[2] The Ural Mountains have been considered the border of continents since the 16th century, when it was also the eastern border of Russia.


Question: What is the largest country in Europe?

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Perceptions of where Europe's southeastern border runs between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea have subsequently been unsettled and also varied for political reasons.


Question: What is the largest country in Europe?

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Today, the boundary is considered most commonly at this point to run in the Caucasus Mountains at or near the southern border of Russia, in which case Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan are counted as belonging to Asia.


Question: What is the largest country in Europe?

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However, when the latter were still part of the Soviet Union, they were sometimes read as belonging to Europe and the frontier of the continents was considered to run along the then southern border of the Soviet Union as far as the Caspian Sea.


Question: What is the largest country in Europe?

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Occasionally, however, the Caucasus as a whole has been considered part of Asia and the border between the continents has been considered to run from Peruka on the Sea of Azov to the mouth of the Volga.


Question: What is the largest country in Europe?

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[3] All European countries under the current geographical definition, except Belarus and the Vatican City State, are members of the Broad Organisation for the Cooperation of European States, the Council of Europe, which also includes Georgia, Armenia, normally included on the Asian side and Azerbaijan.


Question: What is the largest country in Europe?

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Today, the term “Europe” is increasingly used to refer to member countries of the European Union.


Question: What is the largest country in Europe?

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[4] Currently there are 28 countries in the union (of which Cyprus belongs geographically to Asia).


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In addition, a few countries are negotiating membership, and several other countries are believed to begin negotiations in the future.


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The United Kingdom is negotiating secession from the Union.


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As an economic policy concept, Europe can also refer to the European Economic Area, which includes, in addition to EU countries, Norway, Iceland, and Liechtenstein.


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History European cultural heritage is based in particular on ancient Greece, the Roman Empire and Christianity from the Middle East.


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As the Roman Empire crumbled in Europe, a period of internationalmigrations began.


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[5] However, the lineage of early times survived in monasteries.


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Beginning in the 7th century, Islamic peoples conquered the eastern and southern parts of Europe.


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[6] In 800, Charles the Great, crowned Roman emperor, ruled large areas of western and central Europe.


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He has been called the “Father of Europe.”


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After the dissolution of his kingdom, the Holy German-Roman Empire was established.