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....... Puffins: penguins north
Although he has only black and white feathers, is one of the unmistakable bird species. It may be because of his excessive variegated beak and bright red legs.
Cool sea near the Earth's poles are in something similar. Richly oxygenated water is in the north and south, full of life: the quantity of crustaceans and schools of small fish pose a table for a number of larger species. And so it should not be surprised that the land on both sides of animals, which - although together are not related - have much in common.
Nordic equivalent of the most characteristic birds of Antarctica, penguins are alkyl. Just as they are black and the earth move in an upright position, because they have limbs moved backwards. This makes them awkward walkers but more good and fast swimmers and divers who like penguins specialized in catching fish. Among the relatively dull mono-colored alkane constitute an exception to the kind that adorned his black brat strikingly red-yellow-black beak and bright red legs, Atlantic Puffin. These ornaments had even earned the nickname "clown of the ocean" or "sea parrot".
In the off-season breeding puffin is relatively unobtrusive, its beak is reduced and lose color because color horn outer layer is removed. Also, you would hardly find enough, it is a vagabond ocean - all day flying low over the surface of the sea far from land, hunt small fish, crustaceans, squid etc. The fish is able to dive to a depth of 70 meters! Underwater while swimming just like penguins, propels him short strong wings, while the feet are wide webbed steers. Unlike penguins but his wings are not only for swimming, but like all other alkyl is capable of a fast flier. (The only flightless species, the Great Auk was in the 19th century wiped out.)
In the spring, during the breeding season, puffins head to the shores of northern Europe, Iceland, the Faroe Islands and the east coast of North America. In numerous colonies, here nesting on the cliffs above the sea. And it was at this time in turn of the "sea parrot" - male and female grow their colorful glory - the horny layer of the beak. Replaces them with wedding dresses and serve at wedding rituals. Birds with beaks touching each other and are tapping them together. After courtship and mating pair in each colony must build a nest, usually digs with powerful legs about a meter burrow, at the end of the nesting chamber. But sometimes satisfied with a crack in the rock or occupies a burrow he dug rabbits or birds can last.
The female lays a single egg in a session on it to alternate between parents, both then also feeds hatchling. To fish are issued far out to sea, often up to a distance of 100 km from the nest. They can not afford it, because the cub may not return with each individual caught fish. They know because they bring all of a sudden more than a decade. It allows them to powerful moving tongue, which press against the fish to the top floor. It is equipped with spikes to prevent slipping caught fish, while the beak remains free for another hunt.
Puffins are on steep rocky cliffs seemingly safe, but there sooner locals hunted. They lowered them after catching a rope or into special nets on long poles and chose their nests. Today, the puffin hunting for meat severely limited, however, they face other, much worse threats. In addition to natural enemies such as kelp or large species of gulls threaten their nests introduced (artificially planted) animal species - rats, cats and stray dogs. Due to overfishing dwindling small fish (sardines, Herinková, eel larvae) that feed, feed chicks is therefore worth still more effort. And like many other seabirds is threatening marine pollution by oil products and heavy metals which they directly or food getting into the body and cause of their infertility .........
Although he has only black and white feathers, is one of the unmistakable bird species. It may be because of his excessive variegated beak and bright red legs.
Cool sea near the Earth's poles are in something similar. Richly oxygenated water is in the north and south, full of life: the quantity of crustaceans and schools of small fish pose a table for a number of larger species. And so it should not be surprised that the land on both sides of animals, which - although together are not related - have much in common.
Nordic equivalent of the most characteristic birds of Antarctica, penguins are alkyl. Just as they are black and the earth move in an upright position, because they have limbs moved backwards. This makes them awkward walkers but more good and fast swimmers and divers who like penguins specialized in catching fish. Among the relatively dull mono-colored alkane constitute an exception to the kind that adorned his black brat strikingly red-yellow-black beak and bright red legs, Atlantic Puffin. These ornaments had even earned the nickname "clown of the ocean" or "sea parrot".
In the off-season breeding puffin is relatively unobtrusive, its beak is reduced and lose color because color horn outer layer is removed. Also, you would hardly find enough, it is a vagabond ocean - all day flying low over the surface of the sea far from land, hunt small fish, crustaceans, squid etc. The fish is able to dive to a depth of 70 meters! Underwater while swimming just like penguins, propels him short strong wings, while the feet are wide webbed steers. Unlike penguins but his wings are not only for swimming, but like all other alkyl is capable of a fast flier. (The only flightless species, the Great Auk was in the 19th century wiped out.)
In the spring, during the breeding season, puffins head to the shores of northern Europe, Iceland, the Faroe Islands and the east coast of North America. In numerous colonies, here nesting on the cliffs above the sea. And it was at this time in turn of the "sea parrot" - male and female grow their colorful glory - the horny layer of the beak. Replaces them with wedding dresses and serve at wedding rituals. Birds with beaks touching each other and are tapping them together. After courtship and mating pair in each colony must build a nest, usually digs with powerful legs about a meter burrow, at the end of the nesting chamber. But sometimes satisfied with a crack in the rock or occupies a burrow he dug rabbits or birds can last.
The female lays a single egg in a session on it to alternate between parents, both then also feeds hatchling. To fish are issued far out to sea, often up to a distance of 100 km from the nest. They can not afford it, because the cub may not return with each individual caught fish. They know because they bring all of a sudden more than a decade. It allows them to powerful moving tongue, which press against the fish to the top floor. It is equipped with spikes to prevent slipping caught fish, while the beak remains free for another hunt.
Puffins are on steep rocky cliffs seemingly safe, but there sooner locals hunted. They lowered them after catching a rope or into special nets on long poles and chose their nests. Today, the puffin hunting for meat severely limited, however, they face other, much worse threats. In addition to natural enemies such as kelp or large species of gulls threaten their nests introduced (artificially planted) animal species - rats, cats and stray dogs. Due to overfishing dwindling small fish (sardines, Herinková, eel larvae) that feed, feed chicks is therefore worth still more effort. And like many other seabirds is threatening marine pollution by oil products and heavy metals which they directly or food getting into the body and cause of their infertility .........
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