Why it's perfectly normal to see baby puffins thrown off cliffs in Iceland each year

Why it's perfectly normal to see baby puffins thrown off cliffs in Iceland each year
NPR - Halisia Hubbard • 125d

Watching thousands of baby puffins being tossed off a cliff is perfectly normal for the people of Iceland's Westman Islands. This yearly tradition is what's known as "puffling season" and the practice is a crucial, life-saving endeavor. The chicks of Atlantic puffins, or pufflings, hatch in burrows …

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