Paula Tant, Puffin Billing (ANIMAL 2025)

Puffins will pair up before they come in from the ocean. The mating and courting ritual occurs once on land where they perform billing, the puffins' behavior where they rub their beaks together. Other puffins move close to watch the display of affection. These puffins were on Skomer Island, Wales.

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