Today's friend

Atlantic puffin

say it: at-LAN-tik PUFF-in

A puffin flaps its wings to "fly" underwater and steers with its feet, and it can dive down about as deep as a tall building is high.

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An Atlantic puffin standing on the coast of Skomer Island in Wales. Real photograph

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African elephant mammal
An adult American alligator resting at the water surface with a tiny striped baby alligator perched on top of its head.
Alligator reptile
An American robin with a warm orange breast, dark head and yellow bill, perched on a green conifer branch.
American Robin bird
A single Antarctic krill against a black background, its translucent body showing a yellow-green digestive gland, red spots and feathery swimming legs.
Antarctic krill crustacean
An Asian elephant walking through green vegetation in Khao Yai National Park, Thailand.
Asian elephant mammal
An Atlantic blue crab on pale sand, showing its wide olive-green shell and bright blue legs and claws tipped with red.
Atlantic blue crab crustacean
A large Atlantic bluefin tuna with a smooth metallic blue back and silver flanks gliding through open blue water.
Atlantic bluefin tuna fish
An Atlantic cod with a speckled olive-brown body, pale belly and a single whisker under its chin, swimming in dim water.
Atlantic cod fish

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