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 Puffins are found exclusively in the North Atlantic Ocean. In North America,to the Northeastern United States. In Europe, they nest south to the Brittany Coast of France, northwards to Iceland, Greenland, and Northern Russia |
 he diet that is largely comprised of small fish and supplemented with animal plankton during the leaner winter months. |
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Though they are not closely related, penguins and puffins have very similar hunting strategies. Both birds use their wings to "flap" underwater, allowing them to swim efficiently. The main difference is that puffins can fly, and penguins cannot!
Swimming well would be redundant if you couldn't follow your prey when it dives away! Puffins can dive as far as 60 meters below the surface, that's nearly 200 feet deep!
To swim well underwater, these little swimmers must have short wings. Flying with such short wings requires lots of flapping. In fact, to stay aloft these little birds must flap their wings 400 times per minute.
Don't be too impressed.. hummingbirds flap their wings 1,260 times per minute!