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Call for questions: PUFFINS (Patreon)

Published:
2024-05-21 01:40:23
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2024-05-21 23:40:08
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2026-06

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Many ologites noticed a puffinologist on Instagram and requested an episode, so you're gonna get it! On Friday I'll be interviewing Jill Taylor about the seabirds that look kinda like a penguin x duck + ¼ parrot. Can they swim? Can they fly? Can they talk? The puffinologist knows! Feed me your questions in the comments.

Deadline: Thursday, May 23 at noon PST

 

Comments

RJ Doidge

Why are they the cutest stinkin’ birds on the planet??

Nova Q

Why do they look so cute and why can I not have one as a pet??

Jessie Pearce

Where did they get their puffin name from?!

Hannah b

Do puffins mate for life

Natasha Garrison

Friends with penguins? I see them housed together often at zoos and aquariums..

Yasmine Alu

Would they make good pets?

Audrey Hudak

How is society structured in the puffin colonies?

Beth Weese

How much of their life do they spend at sea? I think I heard in Alaska that they don't really like coming to shore.

wicker bitch

What's with the beak? Why is it so big? It looks like a crushing beak but they just fill it with fish like some weirdly adorable Cthulhu faced bird.

Anna Thompson

Do they swim/dive like penguins? Are they strong flyers? Do they live year round in one place or migrate?

Mowana Lomaomvaya

Why called puffins? Because puffy? Why so friend shaped?

Natasha Garrison

Do they eat fish? Their beaks seem kinda smaller than an ocean fish.

Kyra Thurow

Do scientists know why their beaks glow?

Greg Walloch

In pictures they always seem super in love with each other. Are they?

Hope J 🏳️‍🌈

How many species of puffin are there? What was their dinosaur equivalent? Why is their beak so big? Are they soft and cuddly?

Sue MyShak

Were Puffins really an inspiration for Porgs in the Star Wars movie The Last Jedi?

Saracha

What does the life cycle of puffins look like and how long do they keep their young around?

Malia 🌀🩻

Oh man Im so excited!!! Puffins are my favorite birds EVER, this episode is going to be great :) My question for you is what is the purpose of their unique eye design? Why are their beaks thicker/wider than other birds we see? Are puffins really monogamous? If so, how do they pick their partners? ALSO, I think its really cool how icelanders have the whole "puffin throwing" tradition, and would love to hear more about that... What can we do to help puffins' survival? How is the changing ecology of iceland/ their habitats effecting their numbers? Love you Alie <3 <3

okayest mom

my daughter would like to know why they are called puffins? and I would like to know if they mate for life?

Kiki’s Delivery Service

ALLIE, THANK YOU! ❤️ Puffins!! First question: How do they manage to be so very athletic while maintaining such adorably stocky puffin shapes? They’re like buff, aerodynamic marshmallows, and I’m obsessed.

Lizzy Martinez

Why are they called Puffins? And do we know why they are on a cereal box? (okay I'm guessing cuz they're so cute but still gonna ask).

Kiki’s Delivery Service

Second question: What’s up with their cool stripey beaks? Is that for any particular reason or another strange adaptation mystery?

Lauren N.

Seconded! Why are they so adorable? Is there some evolutionary benefit to how friendly they look?

Erin Everton

AHHHH one of my favorite creatures I’ve seen in the wild and I got to hold a baby when I volunteered at the aquarium! I heard they “winter at sea”, what does that actually mean? They don’t land anywhere but the water surface? Where do they goooooo

Payton Henderson

How do I know when to throw a puffin … a situation I most definitely expect to come across as a west coast North American

Andy McAdams

How are puffins able to swim so deep considering they are so light weight?

Kiki’s Delivery Service

Third (very important): Which flavor of Puffins cereal is the puffinologist’s favorite?

Emma Kirkemier

Avid listener, first-time question asker! Are they related to penguins in an evolutionary sense? Or did convergent evolution make these funny little guys separately? (On that note, are they really as physiologically similar as they seem?) thank you!!

Christopher Blubaugh

I was a little taken aback when I was in the Reykjavík airport and saw stuffed Puffins for sale. Is it true that it’s illegal to bring them back into the US?

Matt Ceccato

How many eggs can a puffin lay in its lifetime?

LJ

Hank Green's gonna love this

Kathleen Regovich

Where should I go to see puffins? Where is the best place to find them?

Lisa Mangelsdorf

FTQA - Do they mate for life? Does the male take care of the young? How closely related to penguins are they? Or are they? Are they dangerous?

Lisa Vehrs

From me & my kiddo, Walker. Why & when do puffins shed their beaks?

Tracee

Can puffins pick their mates (platonic or otherwise) out of a photo line up of other puffins?

Striving to thrive

Someone told me at some point; that puffins are kind of cranky... is that true; or was whoever told me that just a jerk?

Kalila Elahi

Are there other varieties of Puffins? What is their closest relative?

Seán Thomas Kane

Are the different puffins on either side of the Atlantic different species? Does the puffinologist know where they first evolved?

Laura McLean

Omg so excited! Can you talk about puffin throwing? Is this the best way to help them?

Jeffrey Bradshaw

You see them with huge amounts of fish in their mouths. How do they eat all the fish that they catch? One gulp or like one by one?

Brandon Oram

Omg, my partner and I will likely be visiting Iceland and puffin-watching when this episode comes out! On the topic of partners, what’s the situation like with puffins? They mating for life or nah?

Danae DeJournett

Why are they superior to penguins? I personally think they’re underrated and actually cuter.

Between Dumplings

Why are they so adorable? (Pls don't let them be awful like otters. Still not over THAT reveal!) What is the evolutionary function of the size and stripyness of the beaks. Are they really diving off cliffs? Is it really saving them that people throw them off cliffs? Are they endangered because we've killed off their (a) habitat (b) food source (c) both. (It's C right? I know it's gotta be C) Ugh.

Honeybee

How old was/is the oldest puffin?

Brandon Oram

Are puffins related to Hornbills or Toucan who also have large colorful beaks?

Ari Fox

Why are their beaks like that? Can they talk?

Emmett

Are puffins related to penguins?

Kenneth McGuire

How are they adapting to the warming seas?

Kara

Also wondering about the beaks! And why they’re so much smaller up close. And why they’re so small in general — how does their body shape/size(/invisible features??) help them conserve heat in such cold conditions?

Susan Lin

Why do they sound like little jet skis? They don't chirp or tweet like land birds, so is it a sea bird quality?

Nicole S

No questions just here to say they are the best!

Adam Silk

I've heard puffins spend the entire winter at sea. Do they just float to sleep? Do they have a hard time during storms?

Sarah king

I don’t know anything except they are so effing cute so please teach me everything!

Chrysalis Ashton

What do they feel like? A penguin? A duck? Something else? Can you boop their cute little beaks?!

Jennifer Froh

Why. Do. I. Love. Them. So. Much?

Indie

What noises do they make?

Jennifer Aprea

Do Puffins migrate? Where do they go in the winter when it's snowy? It seems like they're only a thing in the spring/summer?

Joy Kotheimer

PUFFINS! I remember hearing about their colorful beaks are even more exciting on UV/different spectrums! Is this related to sexual selection for attracting mates?

ChimeWitch

What's their max dive range? Is there something about their build that makes them such adept swimmers and divers?

Cyntia B

What is their courtship like? Do they mate for life?

Cyntia B

What is their closest relative?

Jacob Paul

Why are puffin beaks so much larger than penguin beaks???

Chris Moore

I too would like to know where they get their name 😁

Matt Thompson

Does the beak coloring do anything to help them?

Jacob Paul

Why don’t we have penguin-sized puffins at the North Pole???

Celeste Constantineau

Is there anywhere in the Northern hemisphere puffins don't live and why.....asking for my bestie! ☺️

Timmy H.

Why are they not penguins?

Sophia A

Please explain this beak shedding business.

Lexi Cable

Thank you! Omg I heard of this and I'm curious about it too

Jacob Paul

Can you please ask your ologite where their favorite place to see puffins in the wild is??? Where can I go to see one?

Laura McLean

Right? Also…how does one sign up to be a puffin thrower?

Chris Moore

How are their populations doing? What are the biggest threats? Does climate change pose significant problems to them? Also, I want to know about their colors: visible and UV spectra alike ☺️ THANK YOU!

Andrea Devlin

Is there an evolutionary reason that their beaks are so intricately colored?

Jan Harris

Are puffins the most colorful wildlife to also live in arctic and extreme cold zones? Their beaks seem tropical in color. I’m wondering how this aspect evolved.

Erin White

How come all the fish hang out of their beaks like a toddler eating spaghetti? Is there an advantage to this or do they just have tiny mouths?

Miranda Panda

Where do the puffins that live in Haystack Rock in Canon Beach, Oregon April-July live during the other months?

Mark Payton

How do puffins do in captivity? Do they mate for life? Are there same sex puffins that raise babies if parents die?

Creme de la cremily

What do we know about their evolution? Were there ever giant puffins? (First time question asker)

Miranda Panda

Is there any way of knowing how long ago they evolved and what they evolved from? What other birds are their relatives?

Joshua Tauzin

Are they actually able to stack fish tail-to-head in their stomach to maximize how many they can fit in there?? Or is that some weird misremembered “fact” I learned at some point in my childhood that never got corrected?

John Worster

Do puffins mate for life? One partner.

Ashley Rockett

Is there a reason why their plumage around eye and beaks have a unique color pattern?

Marlae Moss

FTQA :) I've seen some photos of puffins "kissing"! Why do they do this?! What are their nests like? Why are they so cute?!

Jim Brunberg

Do puffins look down on the nerdier / goofier ‘Guins? Or resent them for all their feature filmworthy cuteness? The puffs just seem cooler. But serious - do they get along?

Doug Paice

OMG! We're going to the Faroe Islands next month (June 24th) just to see Puffins!!! I cannot overstate how excited I am for this episode (hope it releases before then) Questions: given we've going to be there what should we look out for in terms of behavior? Will the pufflings have fledged, and how to we spot a puffling compared to an adult? Will they have the colorful bill?

mish the fish

who came first, the animal or the trader joe's cereal?

Doug Paice

Essentially: any tips for first time puffin watchers?

Mr. Weevil

how related are they to other sea birds? why are they so cute? can i give them a little kiss on their little heads?

Kellie Due

What is up with those dogs bred for puffin hunting?

Felix Lasselle

Does their colouration have any correlation to penguins, is there something about extreme latitude birds that cause the tuxedo look?

Patricia Evans

Do we know if there is any evolutionary benefit to puffins for having such colourful beaks and feet?

KirjoM

Do they mate for life?

Bernadette Escamilla

FTQA! What’s up with the orangey smell that makes use to lure females!?!????!

Eliana Weiss

FTQA here! How did they get the name puffins? Are the babies really called pufflings (cutest baby animal name ever)? Are they related to the puffles from Club Penguin?

James Nance

What's your opinion on Puffins cereal?

Stephanie

Just heard the columbidology episode so I gotta ask: What are their nests like? Are they master architects or stick-on-a-stone home builders?

tyrannosaurus bex

What are the bright orange patches to the sides of their beaks? Sensory organs, perhaps, or just mac-n-cheese colored decorations?

Munib Hasnain

Is it true that puffins return to the same burrow each year during breeding season? How do they remember where their burrow was? Do puffins ever steal each other's burrow?

Emily Krieger

Why do they have such big beaks?

Autumn Knol

Why do they poo/pee so .....violently?

Autumn Knol

Do they know that we love them?

Amber McIntyre

When breeding season is over, they split. Where do they go?!

Sam Danielle

Any idea why they evolved to look the way they do?

Alli B

Are their colorful beaks (and feet?!) species specific? Do their colors change from puffin to puffin within one species?

Alli B

Who gave puffins their adorable name?

Danae Sprouse

Are the Icelanders really helping baby puffins survive by throwing them off of cliffs? (1st time question asker)

Rae

I've heard that puffins and other seabirds that hunt fish relatively near the ocean surface are threatened with starvation from ocean temperature change and a reduction in ocean upwelling bringing up fish. Does climate change seriously threaten puffins?

Doug Paice

Any thoughts on the fact that the Porgs from Star Wars were only created because there were so many puffins on Skellig Michael during filming of EP 7? (Trying to fit a fun fact into a question)

Nicky G

Why do puffins stomp? Also why are puffins objectively the most adorable birds to have ever birbed?

Michelle G

Have you seen the kids show Puffin Rock? (Chris O'Dowd narrates and it's so fun to hear his voice!) Are puffins friendly with other species like in the show?

Craig and Cats

Pardon my language, but what the heck is “puffin throwing” and why would one need to participate in such an activity??

SuchaHotMetz

Are they related to penguins? If so when did puffin dna begin to differ from penguin dna?

Sonjabird

It’s amazing how many fish an adult can cram in their bills. How do they catch all those fish and keep them in their bill without dropping them?

James Jakes

Why haven't they been domesticated like some other birds?

Hannah Gorrie

How big are they? I wonder if they are an animal that I assume is the size of a football but is actually 3 feet tall.

The Joyful Spitfire

I also share the question about the beaks. So stylish and ornate. Why is that??

Hannah Gorrie

Have/do people ever eat(en) them as a regular part of a cultures cuisine?

Hannah Gorrie

Are they a species that can thrive in captivity?

Hannah Gorrie

How heavy?? Are they fluffy or dense???

Hannah Gorrie

How DO sea birds survive ocean storms??

Scott Hanley

Keith Floyd the Brit food tv specialist from the 1980s famously ate Puffins I think in one episode. No question here, just more of a comment.

OneHappyPuppy

Ftqa - What's with the beak? What is the evolutionary advantage?

Tanner

First time question asker! Why are tufted puffin populations declining on the west coast (especially when populations seems to be doing so well in Alaska)? Specifically on the Oregon and Washington coasts, but also in California? Any efforts to support conservation? Thanks!

Nick A

Are they puff enough?

Devon Naples

Why do they look like melancholy old silent movie mimes?

Lauren Seibert

From my partner: is there a different cereal flavor than the plain one? (lol this was his question)

Dorit

Has there been any more research done on why their beaks glow in UV light? I thought that was a very cool discovery!

Caro Young

Why do they make such good characters for children’s books?

Caro Young

Why are they so light?

Debs Gardner

Tufted puffins: what’s with their hair? Is it just to look dapper? Are they the dapperest of puffins?

Silvia Triverio

Such perfect timing, I am going to the Faroe Island in the summer! How can we approach them to admire them with respect? Are they afraid of humans?

Nicole Harper

Whats the best advice to see them in Maine? or anywhere else.. but mostly Maine :)

Amandaloveskurt

Have you ever had the chance to see the puffins at Haystack Rock in Cannon Beach Oregon?

Doctor (almost!) Elder

So I know puffins are eaten in parts of the North Atlantic. What do they taste like?

Jae Steinbacher

I went to cannon beach for the first time last month and saw a few of them struggle-flapping through the skies! An eagle landed on Haystack Rock while we were there and all the puffins hid, so I’d love to know more about their defensive strategies, and offensive ones, if they have them!

Cade Frieden

Why do puffins sound like a cow swallowed a chainsaw? It's such a low tone for such small birds

Josephine Murdoch

First time question answer: omg puffins!! I saw them close up for the first time recently off North Berwick in Scotland. Our guide said they spend most of their time in the water - that they are true sea birds. How do they stay warm though?! Do they have magic feathers or something? P.s. love you Alie <3

Claire Nurc

I would also like to know, both for shape and colour

Susan G

Why so cute?

Naomi Jane

I came.here to ask this too 😂 I'm imagining kinda fishy...?!

Specs Owl

In Scotland, they seem really tame, compared to most wild birds. They seem to be fine with humans coming quite close to them, when a lot of other birds would fly away. Why is that?

Specs Owl

I saw a documentary once where the presenter was having a conversation with a puffin on its nest. He would make those low bellowing sounds and then the puffin would respond. Is that an ok thing to do, or would that disturb them?

Specs Owl

You know how the beak changes colour? Does the beak sheath get shed? How does it change colour?

Aoife Holmes

How long do they stay with their young?

Aoife Holmes

Is there any evolutionary benefit of their really cool beak?

Ana Bee

Has the Puffinologist heard Ze Frank's Puffin Song (and generally the puffin ep of True Facts)? They might enjoy.

Olivia Eliasson

Is it true that they fell in love with fake puffins? What was the reason for putting out fake puffins?

Izalina Bittencourt

I just found out they live in Ireland??? Where else do these lil guys live?

Melanie Abbott

I actually got see these on Skomer Island (just off of Wales) a few weeks ago. They are gorgeous and so small! They live most of the year 'at sea' - what does this actually mean? Do they sleep on the sea?

ChickenChomper

Have they found, like with other sea birds in places like here in New Zealand, that their populations are suffering losses due to ocean warming messing up the migrations and presence of their prey? Thus equaling hungry puffies?

Olivia jm

ftqa.. why are their beaks absolutely rotund?

Euan Munro

How do they dig such deep holes when they're so little? Do they use their beaks or feet?

jangonator

What’s up with the throwing puffins off cliffs thing? Who discovered this was a good idea?

Michael Breyette

Our friends in Iceland stay awake longer in the summer (to get all the sun they can) do puffins? Does their eating, sleeping cycle change with the extreme day/night cycle closer to the artic?

Helios

my friend absolutely loves puffins and has only one question - are they as friendly as they seem??

Jenna Congdon

I have heard that before they migrate, they eat so much that they get almost too chonky to fly. Or, that some get to megachonk status and are basically stuck until they lose a bit of weight (because they can't get much food without flying to find it??). Is that true? They certainly do seem to use a LOT of effort just to take off. Are they just not great at flying? Or did they really hit the bottomless breadsticks at Olive Garden so hard that takeoff becomes a challenge?

Lisa Scanlon Mogolov

Are they better fliers or swimmers? To be honest I'm kind of surprised they can get airborne at all!

Hazel

Why are they so cute? And do they mate for life or just once?

Disco Ru

What other bird species are their closet relatives? Was there ever a giant puffin?

Megan Ramirez

Why and how do they shed their beaks? Are all beak patterns the same or are they unique like fingerprints?

Haily Midgley

Are baby puffins actually called pufflings? Also, why are they the cutest little fluff balls I've ever seen?

Kristin 🦦

My daughter loved that show!

Kristin 🦦

My daughter wants to know everything about pufflings! How fast do they grow, do they make friends, how many sibs might be in a burrow each year, and when do they leave to “go be grown up puffins”?

Dene Dryden

Puffins are so cute! Where can we see them in the wild, and are there any that live in zoos in the U.S.? I've never seen puffins in a zoo. (Is there a reason why that is?)

Samantha McGarrigle

In the north Atlantic Ocean, breeding populations of Atlantic Puffins are declining due to warming water temperatures impacting their preferred prey species. Is it possible that puffins can undergo range shifts northward to follow their prey or is there a lack of suitable breeding habitat farther north to support them? Are other species of puffins experiencing the same northward trends?

Samantha McGarrigle

Are puffins only located in the northern hemisphere or are there also puffin species in the southern hemisphere?

Amy

Puffin Rock anyone? Best kids show!

Amy

I came here to say the same thing! Love that show!

Jennifer Huseman

Headed to Ireland later this month and learned they have Puffins too! I hope I see them. I’ve only enjoyed watching them in Alaska. Asking for my Dad… how deep can they dive or swim? How long can they stay underwater? Why do they look like a tropical bird?

Nicole Rebori

FTQA but listener from day 1! I read that puffins' beaks change color throughout the year- gray in winter but orange in spring/summer? Does this happen throughout a puffin's entire life? What kind of pigment/materials in the beak are present for this color change?

Erika Koontz

FTQA! Why do people throw pufflings off of cliffs? How can I help do this?!

Ninja Squirrel

Just how fucked are puffins due to climate change?

Kurt Kessner

FTQA Is it true that once pufflings fledge, they don't touch land for 2 years?

Becki Grady

I feel like they primarily live on rocks and near the ocean. Wouldn't the crazy orange coloring make it difficult to blend in and evade predators?

Earl of Greymalkin

1) Why are they called puffins? Are they puffy? Poofy? Squishy? Smooshy? 2) Why do their beaks look so distinct? How does the shape help them eat what they eat? How/what do they feed baby puffs? 3) What exactly is an auk? Why the name auk? (I first heard this name from crosswords.) 4) Are there any good mythologies with puffins? 5) How smart are puffins? Are they puff-for-brains or puffin' genius? 6) Who are puffins' biggest predators? 7) Are they like arctic ducks or is that an unfair comparison? 8) Where do puffins put nests (do they build nests?) and how do they keep the bbs safe? 9) What do we know about puffin social structures? How big do puffin groups get and is there a distinct hierarchy? Are they more long-term monogamous or a bit more promiscuous? 10) Do puffins function as an indicator species at all?

Charity Johnston

Do puffins not fly like penguins and float like ducks?

Magsaroni

How many kinds of puffins are there? Does every baby puffin get to be called a puffling, or just atlantic puffins? What are the biggest and smallest puffins? Do they mate for life? How do they attract mates?

CurtisDawg

Do puffins like Puffins cereal?

Mark Hewlette

I have been lucky enough to see Puffins twice in my life: Near Farallon Islands just floating on the water, hanging out by him or her self and also in Alaska on a rocky cliff - tons of them! What kind of puffin did I most likely see near the Farallons? What is your favorite kind of puffin? I think I'm a Tufted Puffin fan. Thank you!

DeWaine Tollefsrud

Would puffins be as endearing if they had a different name? Like, the horned squat. Or the atlantic muckpus.

Amy

From my dad: What's the difference between a puffin and an auk? Do the puffins 'puff' and the auks 'awk!'?

Voxothoth

Does the patterning on their beaks have any significance, like looking pointier to would-be predators, or is it just something about mating aesthetics?

Liv Tambrini

Diet? Evolutionary ancestors? Relation to penguins?

Merg

How do they catch and hold multiple fish in their beaks? As someone with pet fish, scooping fish is a nightmare. So do they get multiple fish in one scoop or have a mechanism to keep fish locked in while they get more?

Sydney Koenig

No questions, just an absolute LOVE for puffins!! I’m finally seeing them in person next week in Iceland 😍

Nick Mikash

They look like a bird mashup, who are they most related to?

Sara Rocero

Tool use? An Atlantic puffin was observed using a stick to ‘scratch’ itself. Does this seem to be a regional skill or has it been observed in other areas of the geographic range?

Hannah Smith

Can you talk about puffins being reintroduced in Maine? Also about them acting like flamingos?

Danielle Sucher

Whose tongue is scratchier, a puffin or a cat?

Michele Smith

Here are some questions from my 11-year-old daughter, Anja, who is a huge fan of the show. Why are their beaks so cool? Why so pufflings need to be thrown off cliffs? Do people keep puffins as pets?

Keely Chavez

Puffins have colorful beaks that change color throughout the year. During wintering, puffins moult their feathers, making their beaks less bright and less broad. WHY?!?!?!?!

Rachel Guthrie

Do they have any unique or similar mating habits to penguins or other sea adjacent birds?

Ellie Snowden

Plz tell me more about the puffins standing on one leg to fit in with the fake pole legged puffins 😭🦵Also, awkward truth: I use this fact to ‘impress’ people early doors on dating apps - so thank you puffins for your unknowing support

Daphné Cloutier

As a kid, my favorite animals to watch at the Montreal’s Biodôme were the puffins. They were always so playful and seemed pretty happy to just goof around in their man made habitat. But were they truly happy? Do puffins deal well with captivity?

The Aerial Mapper

Who did puffins evolve from? How long have they been around? Also how are they doing with climate change?

Ashley Marrs

You know how zookeepers will make “cakes” out of food (appropriate for the species) for enrichment purposes or the animals’ bdays 🥹? Has anyone ever made “muffins” for puffins? If not, can they?pretty please??? 🤭

Nick worth

This has been driving me crazy: I know puffins shed their beaks after the mating season, but where do all these beaks go? Is it just a thin layer that disintegrates? Is there a big pile of beaks in a secret cave somewhere? Does something eat them? I want one! Also they glow in UV light... what's that about?

Faith Stemmler

First time question asker!! I read that puffins are prey for seagulls, foxes, and rats… do they have any behaviors or ways to thwart predators? Thanks!

Death Nell (Nellaenora)

You described them as penguin × duck + parrot. Are they closely related to any of those other birds? What is their closest relation?

Alex

I read there’s some evidence of puffins using tools. Would love to know more about this!

Agata Kajewska

Are rhinoceros auklets puffins or not? Do thy have one great great grandpuffin in their family tree or what?!

Raja

What's the evolutionary benefit to the colour of their beaks? Or is it strictly to attract a sweet-beak loving mate? (Raja rhymes with papaya)

Nicole Lacey

Do puffins “mate for life” like penguins do?? (Or is that flim flam)

Danielle Sucher

ps you mispronounced my name last time, but I love you anyway (Sucher is pronounced the same as suture)

Shannon Debo

Hello! Ok so 3 questions. Why are they called Puffins? Are the males the only ones to have the colored beaks? Are they still a penguin or a completely different aquatic bird?

Isabel

puffins kind of resemble penguins; where do they diverge? how come puffins can fly and penguins can’t? can puffins also be gay like penguins?

Kelly Dooling

How are they affected by climate change and warming sea surface temperatures?

Maria Whamond

What do the inside of their burrows look like? Do they have connecting tunnels like rabbits or just one wee nest in the hole?

Katie Biardi

First time question asker: Why are their bills so chonky??? Other sea birds that eat fish have thinner beaks (terns, cormorants, etc) so why do puffins need such a honking schnoz? Are they eating things besides fish? Or is this just an unfortunate side effect of evolution?

Cate Muenker

Puffins are so elusive! I've been going to a coastal Maine town called Tenants Harbor every summer of my entire life and still have yet to see one. Where are they hanging out in Maine?

Olivia Lester

i am embarrassed to admit the first q that popped to mind is why is the puffins cereal named after puffins...but aside from that: name origins? how much do they weigh aka are they dense chonkos? are they aggressive or submissive to humans? what's their typical fight or flight? what's with their flaming beak and eye color? why are they shaped they way they are? puffins always look so sad to me. are they gauche/clumsy? intelligence capacity? pets? any cultural puffin lore or mythology? i feel like there's not enough hype around puffins -- sad to say i forget about them sometimes. are there puffins in zoos or do penguins fit the bill (i can never recall seeing a puffin exhibit)? mating ritual? is a club penguin puffle an ode to puffins? are there color morphs or diff species? ever been a pigeon attack on a human? are they territorial?

Mouse Paxton

Puffins!!! What kind of noises do they make? Do they have any funky mating rituals? Are they related to penguins or is it just a coincidence they look similar? Is it true that they tried to colonize places with puffins by putting up fake ones mounted on a peg and then the puffins would try to mimic them by standing on one leg?

Lee Wang

What's the story with Barbara's Puffin cereals? Do you have a favorite?

Björn Fredberg

For what do they use the color barcode they wear on their face? Do all of their beaks have the same coloring and striping? Do they differ between individuals?

Björn Fredberg

Are they tasty? Did Charles Darwin eat any and write about it? He was part of some kind of society that wanted to try and eat every kind of animal... Not quite sure about size but I'm positive you could get a decent meal out of a few

The Farming Linguist

Has anyone in history ever kept Puffins as pets (or livestock?) It was my brothers biggest wish as a kid! He had to make do with a teddy-puffin and a taxidermied puffin.

The Farming Linguist

In Danish they are called sø-papegøje, which translates to sea-parrot. I’ve always assumed it was just because of the colorful beak, but maybe I’m wrong? Are they related?

Elizabeth Mena

Why do their bills have so many different colors? Do they recognize each other and if so, how? Do they mate for life? How smart are they compared to other birds? Do they thrive in captivity and if so, why? How are puffins distinguished from other closely related seabirds? What are the big questions in puffin research right now?

Tania Magic Fingers

Why is it so hard to find photos of puffins with their non breeding season beaks? Does no one care when they no longer look like Cinderella at the party :(

Eil Be Gone

I read that puffins can't fly unless they see the ocean. Is that true? If so, what does that even mean?

Daywalkerderek

First time queastion asker. How is climate change impacting them? Is it reducing or expanding possible habitat? Do they depend on certain marine pray that are more at risk with rising temperatures?

Aimee Ford

Have you ever watched the young children's cartoon Puffin Rock? If so, did they get their puffin facts straight? It's such a cute show and they present details on puffin life like fact, so I'm genuinely curious if they got it all right.

Rett

Other than being ridiculously cute, what’s their place in the ecosystem? What would happen if they disappeared?

Raja

I missed the deadline, but putting this here anyway... I’m curious about their winter at sea. How do they stay warm? Avoid predators? What’s the colony’s survival rate based on number of birds who return to land? (Raja rhymes with papaya)

EvasiveDodge

The Skomer island puffins live with a group of rabbits... do they get along? How well? is there conflict? [first time question asker...so nervous. lover yer show there]

Maureen

Do you think the name Rhinoceros Puffin will become official?

Brenden O'Donnell

Puffin dads are very involved in raising the young, right? Love that for them. Happy Father’s Day, puffin dads!!!