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027 Atlantic puffin in flight with mouth full of fishes Photo by Giles Laurent
027 Atlantic puffin in flight with mouth full of fishes Photo by Giles Laurent
Wikimedia Commons features 027 Atlantic puffin in flight with mouth full of fishes Photo by Giles Laurent, photographed or created by Giles Laurent.
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Atlantic puffin ( Fratercula arctica ) in flight with mouth full of fishes at Friðland í Flatey (Iceland). The Atlantic puffin can catch several small fish at once. Its muscular, grooved tongue and inverted serrations enable it to hold its catches in rows in its beak.