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By: Henry Domenici. The Playful Puffin. Puffins’ Physical Features. Puffins have white feathers on their chests, and black feathers on their backs. They have red, yellow, and blue bills, and bright orange feet. They are 1 foot tall and weigh up to 1 pound. Habitat.
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By: Henry Domenici The Playful Puffin
Puffins’ Physical Features • Puffins have white feathers on their chests, and black feathers on their backs. They have red, yellow, and blue bills, and bright orange feet. They are 1 foot tall and weigh up to 1 pound.
Habitat • Puffins live in the northern Atlantic and Pacific. They live in areas where the temperature is freezing cold.
Puffins’ Food • Puffins feed on sand eels, capelin, and sand lance. They also eat fish that are about the same size. Puffins are carnivores because they eat fish.
The Puffins’ Lifespan • Puffins aren’t endangered, although you may think so. Puffins live up to 29 years in their lifetime.
Physiological Adaptations • Puffins have two eyelids, inner and outer. The inner lids help keep water out of their eyes when the birds are swimming.
3 Interesting Facts • 1.Puffins kiss by rubbing their bills together. • 2.A group of puffins is called a raft. • 3.In winter, puffins’ bills get duller and smaller.
Climate • Puffins live in snowy and cold weather. They rarely get rain.
Landforms • Puffins live in areas where there are glaciers and ice caps. They live near oceans too.
