Black-and-white plumage, orange bill, and stubby wings create the visual glitch: the Atlantic puffin is perfectly capable of powered flight yet keeps getting branded online as a “flying penguin.” The comparison is catchy meme fuel, but biologically, the resemblance stops at convergent design.Puffins are fully airborne seabirds, with pectoral muscles and wing loading tuned for both aerodynamic lift...
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