The Faroe Islands aren't exactly overrun with animals in the first place, but dear lord the conditions sounds harsh for anyone or anything that can't hide indoors. Like my Faoese housemate told me "There's always salt on my parents' windows because the wind sprays sea water everywhere, and they live pretty far from the coast"
Salt on the windows? Are you sure it isn't nature's way of protecting you from demons? Then again, if the salt is everywhere outside, maybe nature thinks YOU are the demon...
...I now want somebody to release an entire zoo on the Faroe Islands, just to see if random animals have previously-unknown environmental-survival superpowers.
@Nevermore damn, i sure wish there was a comic featuring Brazil even more now ( hey, we're buying Gripens from Sweden after all! That's relevant, isn't it? ...guys?). Well, for now i'll have to make do with Finland and shotguns, which isn't half bad honestly.
@BrazilianPaperPlane maybe try to post a comic suggestion in the forum and hope that humon reads it? Alternatively, urge your fellow countrymen to do more shenanigans with the nords ;)
@Nevermore Well, i do not think i have an idea worthy of presenting humon, but Brazil and Argentina could be considered the "Sweden and Denmark of South America" if you will, at least in terms of really liking to war each other in the past/ maintaining a rivalry even today. Chile, on the other hand, has the highest HDI and is bloody rich. We also *love* coffee (especially on breakfast or afternoon) and produce a lot of it.
About the Gripen deal, there were three planes competing for FAB's purchase: the French Rafale, the American Super Hornet and the smallest, "weakest" of the three, the Swedish Gripen. Some thought the Gripen stood no chance and the competition was presumed to be solely between the American and French planes, but the ultimately the Gripen won due to its affordability, maintainability and the sweet technology transfer the Swedes offered us (despite a seemingly irrefusable Russian offer involving Sukhoi Su-30s and participation in the PAK-FA project).
Such an "unexpected" decision ( since the American and French companies practically considered the smaller Gripen "out of the game" already) has been the subject of many a joke. Myself, when i heard the decision, i laughed thinking "i wanted to see Boeing's and Dassault's salesmen's faces right now".
I understand Australia. It's a naturally-isolated island where only marine life gets contact with the rest of the world. This tends to create delicate wildlife.
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