| Puffins are long-lived... | 1. Puffins can live for more than 30 years, if they're lucky! |
| Puffins are fast... | 2. A puffin can fly about 40 miles an hour, and will beat its wings about 300 to 400 times a minute. |
| Puffins are reliable... | 3. Puffins usually return to the same burrow and nest with the same mate year after year. |
| Puffins are powerful... | 4. Where soil conditions permit, puffins can tunnel eight feet or more underground when excavating a burrow. |
| Puffins are successful... | 5. It is estimated that there are about 6 million pairs of puffins in the world. |
| Puffins are popular... | 6. In Iceland puffins are part of a long-standing cultural connection to the sea. They are eaten in restaurants and homes. |
| Puffins participate fully in the oceanic economy... | 7. The puffin's number-one enemy is the Great Black-backed Gull, which kills and eats adult puffins and chicks when it can catch them. |
(puffin facts are courtesy of the Audubon Society Project Puffin, used by permission). ADOPT A PUFFIN TODAY!!