For others, well, let's just say it's not a common dish anymore it is mostly the older generation in Iceland who still eat and enjoy it.įor a small fee, you can taste a sample in the food section of the Kolaportid flea market on the weekends. Connoisseurs of very strong cheese may take a liking to it on the first bite. So the shark is not rotten (which some people wrongly believe) but it is fermented. This is done to get rid of the acid in the flesh which makes it impossible to eat fresh. It has been cured with a particular fermentation process, consisting of burying the shark underground and hanging it to dry for four to five months. The shark does actually smell of ammonia, which is where the urban myth comes from. And urine is no longer used in this process, but it was used back in the day before modern culinary techniques could be used. The urinating bit is true, but the shark doesn't rot, it ferments. I think puffins are the cutest birds.You'll probably hear that the traditional way of fermenting shark is to bury it in the ground and then urinate on it before letting it rot for some months.
Mary Craig from New York on July 27, 2012: You certainly managed to pack in lots of fun facts! Fascinated to read about the Lundehunde which I'd heard of but had no idea it was originally a puffin hunter. Great article and you've taken lovely photos as well as your video. Nettlemere from Burnley, Lancashire, UK on July 27, 2012: Interesting Hub!! I learned a lot about Puffins through your Hub!! Awesome Pictures as well!! Patty Kenyon from Ledyard, Connecticut on July 27, 2012: Mel, they're really cute.as if they're not real at all. Life Under Construction from Neverland on July 28, 2012: I do think puffins are real cuties :o) Voted up and shared etc. Jools Hogg from North-East UK on July 28, 2012: Now I notice all the books, stories, and movies written about them. Before reading your hubs about these cute birds I'd never really paid much attention to them. This is another amazing glimpse into the life of a puffin. I love to look at this bird and now I know the name puffins.
#Puffin food series
You have a great series go on the Puffin, well done. I think the only time we have seen them was in Alaska a few years ago. Interesting hub.īill De Giulio from Massachusetts on July 28, 2012: What a cool-looking bird! It almost looks like a toy and not a real bird. until this hub! Vote up and beautiful.ĭeborah Neyens from Iowa on July 28, 2012: To read more about why this might be and what we can do to help, read my article Are Puffins Endangered.Ĭhristy Birmingham from British Columbia, Canada on July 28, 2012:Īwe, puffins are cute! I had seen them before but knew nothing about them. Almost all seabirds are facing the same decline in numbers. Puffins are not in danger as yet, but their numbers have fallen drastically in every country where they breed. Scientists have fitted some puffins with GPS devices to see where they are going to hunt for fish and have discovered that they fly very long distances – sometimes as far as 20 miles to get food. Scientists are not sure why the sand eels have reduced in number so much, but some think it could be because the seas are growing warmer and so eels are moving further north. Some puffins have tried to feed the pufflings on pipe fish, but these are too hard for the babies to eat and they can choke. Sand eels have become scarcer in recent years and so some puffins have not been able to breed or else their babies go hungry and die. If these aren’t available they can also eat other small fish such as herring.
Puffins mainly eat sand eels, which are very small soft fish. Vlad the Impaler: Transylvanian Tyrant Puffin food (The video is a little long so if you want to see the puffling straight away go forward to 1.20 on the counter.) The video below, also by the RSPB, shows a puffling hatch from its egg. Healthy puffins have one chick each year.
Puffins do not stay with their partner all the time when they are at sea. Puffins begin to nest and breed when they are around 5 or 6 years old, and most live to be about 25. If however, their mate dies they will “remarry,” choosing a different mate. Puffins are monogamous, so they choose one mate and stay together for life. Puffins who are too young to breed stay at sea all year. Even then puffins make many trips out to sea to catch fish for themselves and their babies. In April or May each year they come back to their breeding grounds, where they stay until mid August or occasionally till early September. They spend all winter on the ocean waves. Most of their lives puffins do not live on land, but far out to sea.
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