The Hinterland Who's Who section on birds doesn't quite seem to get it about puffins:
"Puffins are poor fliers. They have difficulty becoming airborne and flap their wings at an amazing 300 to 400 beats per minute to maintain flight. They also have trouble landing and often crash onto the sea or tumble onto the grass, bowling over other puffins that get in their way.
Let's be clear: Puffins rock those beats to hit air speeds in excess of 50 mph, and they turn on a dime. As for landing, they splash into the sea or tumble onto the grass because they can! Wouldn't you?
"On land puffins stand upright and walk or hop about with apparent great care over the uneven terrain of the colony."
See? They can be refined and deft in movement when they want to. But they'd rather send their buddies rolling down the hill.
(Trying to avoid the pesky 7-10 split, a puffin lines up carefully, hoping to make contact between the 1 and 3 puffins.)
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