A penguin spends as much as 75% of it's life at sea. It doesn't use it's wings to fly -- it uses them to swim.
Its streamlined body and strong wings allow it to swim as fast as 15 miles per hour after fish, krill, squid and crustaceans. Check out our KidZone Penguins section for more fun facts, photos and activities about penguins.
Puffins CAN fly, but they tend not to. Like the penguin, it uses its wings to move through the water catching fish and other small sea creatures by diving.
Puffins spend a few months each year living on an island. The rest of the time they live in the northern seas.
Puffins only go to the island when it is time to have babies. When the baby hatches and reaches about 6 weeks old, the parents return to the sea, stranding it on the island. All by itself, the chick learns to swim and catch fish to eat.