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I want to know what they eat so plz tell me
I added some information I found about the puffin, and their mating habits. It seemed important, since it seems so different from the way other animals mate.
I think it would be interesting if there are any ornithologists, or puffin experts, who can expand upon what I have added. I included my source (even though there were many web sites I found this information on).
( ??? 01:26, 17 November 2005 (UTC))
I'm interested to know if people ever domesticate puffins. I suppose their nesting and feeding patterns would probably make it unfeasible.... Too bad. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 198.103.172.9 ( talk) 16:51, 31 August 2007 (UTC)
Haha! what are they, Campbells soups??? (Paragraph 2 Line 1)
many people think that the puffin looks like a penguin and then gets them confused for one dont be the beak clearly distinguishes them!
How big are they? 210.50.228.4 03:33, 10 February 2007 (UTC)
I would very much have like more (much more) discussion on the analogies or relationship between (Arctic) puffins and (Antarctic) penguins. It appears that two distinct species of seabird developed pretty much the same way on opposite sides of the globe, and I think that is very revealing about the mechanisms of evolution. Both species have a black back and white chest, so that, while swimming for fish, they cannot be seen from above by predator birds nor from below by fish. Sussmanbern ( talk) 20:06, 4 July 2008 (UTC)Bernard J. Sussman
I believe the article should include some reference to the eating of puffins as food, particularly in Iceland and on the Lofoten islands. Also serves as an example of meat that Catholics are traditionally allowed to eat during lent, even if the reasoning behind this exception is factually incorrect. Pelican eats pigeon ( talk) 17:16, 8 January 2008 (UTC)
“ | Tufted puffins were historically hunted for food. Hunting puffins is discouraged nowadays in most places, and forbidden by law in others, but people who do still hunt them try to capture only non-breeding animals. In the past, skins were used to make tough parkas worn feather side in.... | ” |
“ | [Tufted Puffin] are extremely abundant about the Commander Islands where the natives capture them in hand-nets. The skins of both this and the other species are used by the Eskimo of the coast and islands for clothing, and the silky tufts of cirrhata are sewed into ornamental work by the Aleuts."... | ” |
Might be interested in http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/celebritynews/2474798/Chef-Gordon-Ramsay-under-fire-for-F-Word-puffin-murder.html (and the video of that The F-word episode). It details Icelandic puffin-eating and cooking according to Gordon Ramsay. TheFeds 04:08, 14 November 2008 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by TheFeds ( talk • contribs)
I've just been watching a TV show which discussed puffin chicks, which they called pufflings. I checked Wikipedia to see if it was correct. Nothing on this page, but puffling redirects here. If it's the correct term should we include the term puffling within the article somewhere? Thanks. FruitMonkey ( talk) 18:57, 11 July 2008 (UTC)
I heard this too, but can get no confirmation that it's the correct term. sounds a bit too twee to be true. I am, however, reliably informed that Puffins have warm feet - which is more than can be said for my wife Jimmiethe1 —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jimmiethe1 ( talk • contribs) 18:29, 6 February 2009 (UTC)
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Before we can start we need to decide whether this article is about the puffin genus or the the genus plus the Rhinoceros Auklet (RHAU). The article is a bit all over the place at the moment, it starts by saying four species, then specifies the genus Fratercula, then describes them as having bright bills (the RHAUs don't) then mentions that they are sometimes inluded in the genus, then forgets about them in the table. I think we should treat the RHAU as a separate genus for now and keep this article about the genus Fratercula, while of course mentioning the close relations between the two genera and the sometimes included hereness. Sabine's Sunbird talk 23:17, 27 March 2009 (UTC)
Theres a show and for the life of me I cant remember the name...but this guy goes around eating weird stuff...and on one episode he captured and ate puffins with a family. It was quite disturbing, But it was all legal and they even had puffin hunting season!
Some text was removed with the claim it was not supported by the ref I gave, but the ref clearly says In general, North American puffin populations have increased since early 1900s, rebounding from near devastation caused by habitat destruction and excessive hunting for meat and feathers and Puffins still legally hunted for food and recreation in Iceland and Faeroe Is. Sabine's Sunbird talk 19:00, 5 April 2009 (UTC)
Perhaps "This classification was created..." or something Brunnian ( talk) 08:44, 1 May 2009 (UTC)
Should Faroese puffin be merged here? Currently, at least, it is rather what you would expect from a "ralationships with humans" section than an article on a puffins as food in the Faroes. — innotata ( Talk • Contribs) 18:47, 3 March 2010 (UTC)
Hi, in the upcoming weeks I will be adding specific details about the conservation status of the Tufted Puffins in the Pacific Northwest, specifically around the greater Puget Sound area of Washington State. This is my first time contributing to Wikipedia and this is a part of my quarter long case study for Conservation Biology at the University of Washington Bothell. Recycleplease (talk) 20:35, 7 February 2011 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Recycleplease ( talk • contribs)
I have restored the information regarding the presence of Puffins on the Farne Islands and Coquet Island in Northumberland but removed the reference to the upcoming Puffin Festival. Sarahatamblenorthumberland ( talk) 21:36, 21 March 2013 (UTC)
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Please add that a grouping of Puffins as considered to be titled a Circus. Clucius3 ( talk) 19:19, 28 January 2015 (UTC)
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The text "Poop from puffins are accually very good for you to eat" appears all over the scientific classification box. I'm pretty sure that's not supposed to be there. 67.190.7.203 ( talk) 22:30, 28 January 2016 (UTC)
Look at this cute photo of a puffin!!!:
Puffin — Preceding unsigned comment added by Loganslowik ( talk • contribs) 17:01, 27 July 2016 (UTC)
The iceandic puffins are decreasing. In 2010 there were about 100 at Hjörleifshöfði on th south coast, a few years earlier 350.000 were counted.
The text mentions big nets for catching. In Iceland as well as the Faroes they use a small net (½-1 m across) on a pole 5-10 m long. On a windy day an experienced hunter can catch a puffin pr minute!
Best regards Steen Thomsen Brønshøj Danmark. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 195.215.210.23 ( talk) 21:20, 10 August 2016 (UTC)
The genus name Fratercula is interesting, peculiar, even bizarre. Frater is Latin for "brother"; no problem there. -culus is the masculine form of a diminutive suffix (i.e., meaning "little"); the feminine and neuter forms end in -a and -um instead of -us. So fraterculus means "little brother". ( Lewis and Short, A Latin Dictionary)
But why fratercula instead of fraterculus? -cula is the feminine diminutive suffix, and it makes no sense here. Fratercula doesn't mean "little sister"; that would be sororcula. ( Lewis and Short) This would be worth mentioning and explaining, or if no explanation is available, to mention with that fact. -- Thnidu ( talk) 04:51, 4 June 2018 (UTC)
It’s pretty important to mention how the puffin has grown to become a cultural symbol of Iceland in recent years — Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.227.143.152 ( talk) 19:34, 9 March 2021 (UTC)
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Although there no records from the Miocene in the Atlantic, a re-examination of the North Carolina material indicated that the diversity of puffins in the early Pliocene was as great in the Atlantic as it is in the Pacific today. 2601:19C:4280:2610:4169:F29:93B8:DFE0 ( talk) 12:35, 2 July 2022 (UTC)
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Because of there striking appearance they are also referred to as "clowns of the sea" and "sea parrots". 2601:19C:4280:2610:4169:F29:93B8:DFE0 ( talk) 12:36, 2 July 2022 (UTC)
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I want to know what they eat so plz tell me
I added some information I found about the puffin, and their mating habits. It seemed important, since it seems so different from the way other animals mate.
I think it would be interesting if there are any ornithologists, or puffin experts, who can expand upon what I have added. I included my source (even though there were many web sites I found this information on).
( ??? 01:26, 17 November 2005 (UTC))
I'm interested to know if people ever domesticate puffins. I suppose their nesting and feeding patterns would probably make it unfeasible.... Too bad. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 198.103.172.9 ( talk) 16:51, 31 August 2007 (UTC)
Haha! what are they, Campbells soups??? (Paragraph 2 Line 1)
many people think that the puffin looks like a penguin and then gets them confused for one dont be the beak clearly distinguishes them!
How big are they? 210.50.228.4 03:33, 10 February 2007 (UTC)
I would very much have like more (much more) discussion on the analogies or relationship between (Arctic) puffins and (Antarctic) penguins. It appears that two distinct species of seabird developed pretty much the same way on opposite sides of the globe, and I think that is very revealing about the mechanisms of evolution. Both species have a black back and white chest, so that, while swimming for fish, they cannot be seen from above by predator birds nor from below by fish. Sussmanbern ( talk) 20:06, 4 July 2008 (UTC)Bernard J. Sussman
I believe the article should include some reference to the eating of puffins as food, particularly in Iceland and on the Lofoten islands. Also serves as an example of meat that Catholics are traditionally allowed to eat during lent, even if the reasoning behind this exception is factually incorrect. Pelican eats pigeon ( talk) 17:16, 8 January 2008 (UTC)
“ | Tufted puffins were historically hunted for food. Hunting puffins is discouraged nowadays in most places, and forbidden by law in others, but people who do still hunt them try to capture only non-breeding animals. In the past, skins were used to make tough parkas worn feather side in.... | ” |
“ | [Tufted Puffin] are extremely abundant about the Commander Islands where the natives capture them in hand-nets. The skins of both this and the other species are used by the Eskimo of the coast and islands for clothing, and the silky tufts of cirrhata are sewed into ornamental work by the Aleuts."... | ” |
Might be interested in http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/celebritynews/2474798/Chef-Gordon-Ramsay-under-fire-for-F-Word-puffin-murder.html (and the video of that The F-word episode). It details Icelandic puffin-eating and cooking according to Gordon Ramsay. TheFeds 04:08, 14 November 2008 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by TheFeds ( talk • contribs)
I've just been watching a TV show which discussed puffin chicks, which they called pufflings. I checked Wikipedia to see if it was correct. Nothing on this page, but puffling redirects here. If it's the correct term should we include the term puffling within the article somewhere? Thanks. FruitMonkey ( talk) 18:57, 11 July 2008 (UTC)
I heard this too, but can get no confirmation that it's the correct term. sounds a bit too twee to be true. I am, however, reliably informed that Puffins have warm feet - which is more than can be said for my wife Jimmiethe1 —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jimmiethe1 ( talk • contribs) 18:29, 6 February 2009 (UTC)
Nominated February 4 2009;
Support:
Comments:
Before we can start we need to decide whether this article is about the puffin genus or the the genus plus the Rhinoceros Auklet (RHAU). The article is a bit all over the place at the moment, it starts by saying four species, then specifies the genus Fratercula, then describes them as having bright bills (the RHAUs don't) then mentions that they are sometimes inluded in the genus, then forgets about them in the table. I think we should treat the RHAU as a separate genus for now and keep this article about the genus Fratercula, while of course mentioning the close relations between the two genera and the sometimes included hereness. Sabine's Sunbird talk 23:17, 27 March 2009 (UTC)
Theres a show and for the life of me I cant remember the name...but this guy goes around eating weird stuff...and on one episode he captured and ate puffins with a family. It was quite disturbing, But it was all legal and they even had puffin hunting season!
Some text was removed with the claim it was not supported by the ref I gave, but the ref clearly says In general, North American puffin populations have increased since early 1900s, rebounding from near devastation caused by habitat destruction and excessive hunting for meat and feathers and Puffins still legally hunted for food and recreation in Iceland and Faeroe Is. Sabine's Sunbird talk 19:00, 5 April 2009 (UTC)
Perhaps "This classification was created..." or something Brunnian ( talk) 08:44, 1 May 2009 (UTC)
Should Faroese puffin be merged here? Currently, at least, it is rather what you would expect from a "ralationships with humans" section than an article on a puffins as food in the Faroes. — innotata ( Talk • Contribs) 18:47, 3 March 2010 (UTC)
Hi, in the upcoming weeks I will be adding specific details about the conservation status of the Tufted Puffins in the Pacific Northwest, specifically around the greater Puget Sound area of Washington State. This is my first time contributing to Wikipedia and this is a part of my quarter long case study for Conservation Biology at the University of Washington Bothell. Recycleplease (talk) 20:35, 7 February 2011 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Recycleplease ( talk • contribs)
I have restored the information regarding the presence of Puffins on the Farne Islands and Coquet Island in Northumberland but removed the reference to the upcoming Puffin Festival. Sarahatamblenorthumberland ( talk) 21:36, 21 March 2013 (UTC)
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Please add that a grouping of Puffins as considered to be titled a Circus. Clucius3 ( talk) 19:19, 28 January 2015 (UTC)
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The text "Poop from puffins are accually very good for you to eat" appears all over the scientific classification box. I'm pretty sure that's not supposed to be there. 67.190.7.203 ( talk) 22:30, 28 January 2016 (UTC)
Look at this cute photo of a puffin!!!:
Puffin — Preceding unsigned comment added by Loganslowik ( talk • contribs) 17:01, 27 July 2016 (UTC)
The iceandic puffins are decreasing. In 2010 there were about 100 at Hjörleifshöfði on th south coast, a few years earlier 350.000 were counted.
The text mentions big nets for catching. In Iceland as well as the Faroes they use a small net (½-1 m across) on a pole 5-10 m long. On a windy day an experienced hunter can catch a puffin pr minute!
Best regards Steen Thomsen Brønshøj Danmark. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 195.215.210.23 ( talk) 21:20, 10 August 2016 (UTC)
The genus name Fratercula is interesting, peculiar, even bizarre. Frater is Latin for "brother"; no problem there. -culus is the masculine form of a diminutive suffix (i.e., meaning "little"); the feminine and neuter forms end in -a and -um instead of -us. So fraterculus means "little brother". ( Lewis and Short, A Latin Dictionary)
But why fratercula instead of fraterculus? -cula is the feminine diminutive suffix, and it makes no sense here. Fratercula doesn't mean "little sister"; that would be sororcula. ( Lewis and Short) This would be worth mentioning and explaining, or if no explanation is available, to mention with that fact. -- Thnidu ( talk) 04:51, 4 June 2018 (UTC)
It’s pretty important to mention how the puffin has grown to become a cultural symbol of Iceland in recent years — Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.227.143.152 ( talk) 19:34, 9 March 2021 (UTC)
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Although there no records from the Miocene in the Atlantic, a re-examination of the North Carolina material indicated that the diversity of puffins in the early Pliocene was as great in the Atlantic as it is in the Pacific today. 2601:19C:4280:2610:4169:F29:93B8:DFE0 ( talk) 12:35, 2 July 2022 (UTC)
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Because of there striking appearance they are also referred to as "clowns of the sea" and "sea parrots". 2601:19C:4280:2610:4169:F29:93B8:DFE0 ( talk) 12:36, 2 July 2022 (UTC)
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Can you link the subject "Miocene" to the existing Wikipedia site? 2A02:3032:1:96A6:15EE:52E6:298:D6AC ( talk) 16:40, 2 September 2023 (UTC)