Dave Adlard would love Iceland.

Pretty much anywhere on the island you can reach out the car window and grab a lamb by its wooly nape.

… the breed is very cold-hardy. Multiple births are very common in Icelandic ewes, with a lambing percentage of 175% – 220%. A gene also exists in the breed called the Thoka gene, and ewes carrying it have been known to give birth to triplets, quadruplets, quintuplets, and even sextuplets on occasion. …

Here’s that same lamb (the one on the right) I later enjoyed in Reykjavík. Like Mark Zuckerburg, I like to look my lunch in the eyes before chomping.

I was treated to this feast by gymnastics coach / judge Gummi Brynjólfsson.

New Zealand has a lot of sheep, but almost all is exported. Iceland seems to keep a few of theirs for the platter.

This island nation has about 450,000 sheep, 300,000 people and 500,000 (2008) tourists.