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The UK has about 10% of the global Puffin population. One of our favourite meme-animals is under serious threat and needs your help.
Please have a look and do what you can:
https://scottishwildlifetrust.org.uk/things-to-do/helping-wildlife-at-home/puffins/
Herbalcrayon86
Damn Seagulls!
Mulchdiggums1
I was today years old when I realized the puffin was not already extinct. *face palm*
Daymaster1
I thought this was a suicide post...
FrankVanPelt
LoadedBakedPotatoes
2018 survey revealed stable puffin numbers, with an increase of around 9% .
JustAGuyWithEpilepsy
Not once did I ever once ever think of puffins being in the UK, but I don't know where I did think they were either...
DomZombie
But...they're delicious!
inxed
Good use of the meme, good point. Well done
Odmanra
Murder and ban all tourist, and nuke China couldn’t hurt?!
orangeyougladitsnotbanana
Dude...I know what you guys did to The Great Auk. If you don't know...read the wiki on it. It's crazy.
arnorthorleifsson5
The main problem is their food source collapsing, not much we can do about that
aehlae
My fourth grade teacher failed my science paper because she did not believe a puffin was a real animal...
ifyouoralovedonehavebeendiagnosedwithmesotheliomayoumaybe
We all are, little man.
nj23dublin
But... the Scottish eat them
Bridgiebird
We really should focus on lemurs right now. They are about to disappear forever
PostMoThoin
They need to stop making sugar puffs out of them
ataraxia
maine is one of my favorite vacation places because of eastern egg rock. my husband & i take the audobon puffin cruise out to see them. ❤️
AbeFromanSausageKingOfChicago
Most of that sea plastic is from commercial fishing. Icelanders eat puffins. There are some major changes we need to make in our food choice
AbeFromanSausageKingOfChicago
I’m not a preachy vegan (hell I send my dad Omaha steaks for his bday) but drastically reducing animal products needs to be raised.
nirbo
Catholics are allowed to eat them on Fridays when they’re not allowed to eat meat. So maybe fewer Catholics could help?
mercbrit
How do you puff in anyway. That’s not right is it? They should be called puff outs. Or maybe inhale ins. No wonder they are endangered!
Atonic1959
Not good to eat, taste like liver.
Maul2513
Absolutely delicious when I ate them in Iceland
UglyHorribleGrouchyOldMan
Meh, I've had them a few times. It's not bad, but there is no mistaking that you're eating a marine bird.
raisingscififanboys
First time I saw puffins was off the Dingle coast in Ireland. It was amazing. Plus. Fungie the dolphin!
Thetiredmechanic
Same here little man, same here
EvilDeadTed
IMightBeIntoSomeWeirdStuff
YourHuckleBee
Cute little fuckers
DoYouLikePinaColada
Wow, didnt know they were so relaxed around humans
FractalChainsaw
Fuck it, I like puffins enough to donate £10.
Immaletchufinishbutno
I'll make sure they get it. Send it to me.
FractalChainsaw
Sorry, skipped the middleman and gave a puffin a tenner.
chazsandiego
Go invade the Falklands again!
SarcasticComment
As a half Argentinian... *latin hands*
NZSheeps
That was one time!
RackhamTheRed
Are you Argentinia or UK?
MicrowavedFrenchFries
Used to watch Puffin Rock with my kiddo all the time. Still throw it in for nostalgia once in a while. Puffins4ever, everybody!
ArgJargon
And I can't see the word super-mooon without saying it with a drawn out irish drawl 'a suuuuuuuuuuwpeer-mooooohn' as a result.
Iloveanonymityandilovebeingnoticed
They are making a movie!!! Due out spring 2021. I asked Cartoon Saloon, the prod co, about covid delay, they said they’re still on track.
iamthecomet
This is awesome!! I just told my kids and they're stoked. We love that show, and Song of the Sea.
Iloveanonymityandilovebeingnoticed
I still do. Kids are 2&4, it’s part of our bedtime routine. I’m nearly done w/ a cross stitch of the logo but with Kid2’s name in the cloud.
theshinobi23
That's cool. We had Fraggle Rock.
ArturoRobertoVelasquezDonGato
I watch it with my kiddo and, honestly, I'm pretty sure I love it more than she does.
ASmackofHamSTL
It's a tremendous show.
MicrowavedFrenchFries
Oh I for sure like it more than mine!
stopthelights
Oona and Baba!
MicrowavedFrenchFries
Bababoo!
Memeyboi21
Oh baba
UpsideDownBranana
Fuckin’ delicious-Gordon Ramsey
nerdyvet
Look, I'm not one to question Gordon, but I've had seabird and it's...not awful but WEIRD. Taste like oily fish, feels like bird...melch
knuckledeepinachicken
Sounds like something I would like.
ArgJargon
Dunno about other seabirds, but puffin meat isn't oily, its on the dry side TBH.
nerdyvet
It was more an oily taste than an oily texture. If that makes sense xD
ArgJargon
A fishy tang would make sense to me maybe, but not oily unless thats an attribute of the bird. I've had seal too, that had a fishy tang.
ArgJargon
Also had whale (minke, not endangered folks, relax), and if perfectly cooked its better than beef, but off slightly or cooled it too has a /
ArgJargon
Ok, this is a misleading title, because firstly: they are not even endangered, much less at risk of extinction.
Immaletchufinishbutno
They're tasty too.
nickoftime90
I thought it meant humans...
SansAandAnguS
I think Op is referring to the UK population(s) of Puffins, not Puffins as a species.
ArgJargon
That is not to say that their nesting areas and ecology should not be protected, they could become endangered if we don't.
ArgJargon
LASTLY and the most unpopular puffin of all.... puffins do not taste half-bad :) Icelandic, speak from experience.
Nakeela
I had an opportunity to taste puffin once and I regret not taking it. But the fish dish was really nice
Marsupialmessiah
The puffin sushi (they claimed it was cooked through but hell naw) had in iceland was actually salty corpse, mummy like even...
Kylarz
So the issue is that it's not as straightforward as they're fine or they aren't. Numbers are dropping round the UK (unsure of other places)
Kylarz
Although it's not just Puffins, it's all seabirds as the sand eel populations have both dropped and moved due to overfishing and
Kylarz
Sea temperatures rising. If the temperature rises we see plankton move north to follow the colder water which drives the sand eels north
Kylarz
But as you'd expect from birds who have nested in a spot for centuries, they don't follow. So while numbers are still play at the moment
Kylarz
Habitat protection should absolutely be tackled before it's too late but it's still a much wider picture than solely that