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What Are Puffins?

Puffins are seabirds that are a part of the Alcidae family. Puffins can reach speeds of around 90kmh when flying. They can flap their wings up to 400 times in one minute. The lifespan of these birds extends up to 20 years in the wild, and the oldest recorded age of a puffin was 36 years of age.

Diet

Puffins are carnivores, they eat small fish and zooplankton. Mainly puffins eat herrings, sand eels, hake, and capelin. The specific types of fish which are eaten by different puffin species vary due to the different islands that they inhabit.

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