#melrakki

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The only truly native land mammal in Iceland is the melrakki, the island's own unique subspecies of Arctic fox. ©Stephanie Foote Photography

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Melrakki (arctic fox)

A blue-morph arctic fox on a snowy day in one of the northern most parts of Iceland.

One of the greatest characteristics of the Arctic fox is how well it has adapted to the far north areas. To survive the Arctic winter, cold toleration is needed, and indeed, the Arctic fox has one of the thickest and best insulated furs of the animal kingdom.

Karthik Subramaniam

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I was tagged (more like mentioned) by @melrakki, thank you! so I decided to do this too :)

rules: answer 20 questions and tag 20 followers you want to get to know better

1. name : -

2. nickname : -

3. height : Somewhere between 160 and 162 cm

4. orientation : Asexual, panromantic I guess?, nonbinary

5. nationality : German

6. favourite fruit : Strawberries, raspberries, blueberries, apricots… too many

7. favourite season : Autumn, Spring

8. favourite plant : Willow, birch, many kinds of trees, strelitzia, rose, honeysuckle, sunflower, lotus, forget-me-not, lily, hyacinth… too many.

9. favourite scent : Books, plants / air after rain, freshly baked cookies / pie / bread etc., a certain way the air smells in autumn / summer sometimes, the sea

10. favourite color : Black, greens and blues (many kinds, especially plant greens, dark greens, dark blues), silver, dark red & dark berry tones

11. favourite animal : Do dragons count? if not, wolves, foxes, hedgehogs

12. tea, coffee, or hot chocolate : All three!! So hard to decide, but if I have to, I’ll say tea.

13. average hours of sleep : Anything between five and eight.

14. dog or cat : Both.

15. favourite fictional character : Too many, including: Sherlock Holmes (from the original Arthur Conan Doyle stories and mainly the first two seasons of the BBC series), Frodo, Sam, Gandalf, Arwen from LotR (books and movies), Hannibal, Will Graham and Abigail Hobbs from the Hannibal TV series, Harry Dresden and Karrin Murphy from The Dresden Files books series by Jim Butcher, Spencer Reid and Penelope Garcia from Criminal Minds (up to season 6 or so? don’t really watch it anymore), Lumikki from a book trilogy by Salla Simukka, characters from The Prestige (movie and book, being vague here because even naming them could be considered a spoiler)

16. dream trip : spend time with my friend @sayweareleaving IRL again; attending more Poets of the Fall concerts and being able to meet the guys and talk to them again, go to Finland again (for longer, also see the northern lights, also maybe someday with my friends I made thanks to the PotF fandom, @boom-ovaries-gone, @melrakki, @themaekinen), visit Japan one day and many other countries, like France and Italy (again), Sweden, Iceland (preferably traveling with company)

17. when was this blog created : Some time in 2012, can’t remember exactly. Got into it kind of on a whim after having watched the end of series 2 of BBC Sherlock and being a bundle of feels because of it.

18. number of followers : 236

19. random fact about me : I spend a lot of time in my head.

I tag: @sayweareleaving, @boom-ovaries-gone, @themaekinen (only if you feel like it of course :)) and anyone who sees this and wants to do it