Mary's Monday Metazoan: Pufflings?

In this video, I discover that baby puffins are called "pufflings"…which I find totally adorable.

(via Iceland Islande)

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Testing. Does this thing work?

By 'Tis Himself (not verified) on 05 Jun 2012 #permalink

can comment?

By ChasCPeterson (not verified) on 05 Jun 2012 #permalink

Puffling? Whats next kittens.