The Atlantic Puffin

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The Atlantic Puffin

• By Dominique Rodriguez

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About Atlantic Puffins

• Atlantic Puffins are birds that live at sea most
  of their lives. They fly through the air like
  most birds , but they also fly through the
  water, using their wings as paddles. As they
  swim, they use their webbed feet to steer, much
  as a boat uses a rudder.

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What they eat

• Puffins eat small fish- such as sand eels and
  herring-which they hunt underwater. They
  generally stay underwater for 30 seconds or less,
  but are able to stay down for up to a minute and
  dive 200 feet deep.

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Did you know

• Once a puffin hatches, it takes about 49 days for
  it to learn to fly and be able to live on its
  own. The young puffins leave their nest for good
  at this point, when they fly or swim out to sea.

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Resources

• http//kids.nationalgeographic.com/Animals/Creatur
  eFeature/Atlanticpuffin