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FISHER

PUFFINS

You might never have heard this

animal's name before, but, as you
get to know him, you will both

enjoy him and come to like him a lot.
Most people assume the puffin to be a kind of penguin.

However, the puffin is actually a different kind of bird. Unlike a
penguin, a puffin can fly, which is the greatest difference

between them. Puffins live at the North Pole whereas penguins
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live at the South Pole. What they have in common is that both

species can easily adapt themselves to a cold environment.
Puffins have very interesting lives. The mother and father

puffins never leave one another all through their lives, and
raise a young puffin every year.

In the breeding season, the lines on their beaks, which are
usually dull, turn a bright colour. Yet, this colour change does

not occur accidentally. These lines, which serve a particular
purpose, have been given especially to puffins by Allah.

Thanks to these lines, puffins use their beaks like flags and
thus communicate with one another over long distances.

Can you make a single line appear on your nose when you
want to do so? Let's assume that there exists such a line at

birth. Can you turn it into an indistinct pattern or make it
disappear? We can already hear you saying "No", because