# @bbcearth on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/Cpxgk5Jssfd
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/73497723-bbcearth-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/06faa133fd.jpg
- **Posted:** 2023-03-14T15:00:09.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** BBC Earth (@bbcearth) — https://gondola.cc/bbcearth

## Caption

How do puffins carry so many fish in their mouths? 

Puffins use their tongues to push fish they catch against ‘denticles’, little spines which point towards their throat. One puffin was reportedly carrying 126 at one time!

#EarthCapture by birdtog
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#Puffins #AtlanticPuffin #PuffinsOfInstagram #Birds #SkomerIsland #BirdsOfInstagram #WildlifePhotography

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- **Comments:** 260

## Tags

puffinsofinstagram, wildlifephotography, birdsofinstagram, puffins, earthcapture, skomerisland, atlanticpuffin, birds

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