The Atlantic Puffin

This Blog post is just basic information about Atlantic Puffin. I feel like when I hear the word Puffin I think of an absolutely adorable creature, but that's not the case here. Well I guess you can call it "cute". Well first of all these creature are carnivores, which I think makes them less cute ,considering it can possibly eat your flesh!!!!. But other than that they can live 20 years in the wild. They are 25 cm in size and their group name is a Colony. I know what you might think, this creature has an attractive beak ,well that has led some to dub them the "sea parrot". They live in coastal areas as shown in the picture. Well, we can see that they live in coastal areas of Quebec, Greenland, Iceland, Europe and small parts of Africa. So basically in the  areas of the Atlantic ocean. Atlantic Puffins live most of their lives at sea, but return to land to form breeding colonies during the spring and summer. In addition to that statement ,they are excellent swimmers. They can go depths of 61 meters and can stay under water for 20-30 seconds. During their underwater journey, they hunt small fish such as the herring or sand eels. The one thing that surprised me was that they are fleet flyers. They can flap their wings 400 times per minute and can reach 55 miles (88 km) in an hour. Wow!!. During the spring and summer, the females lay a single egg and the parents take turns incubating it. The breeding and hatching usually take place in Iceland .As Iceland is the breeding home of  60% of the world's Atlantic Puffins. Every year Puffin couples reunite at the same burrow, but it is unclear of how the birds reunite to their own grounds. Do they use visual reference points, smells, sounds, Earth's magnetic fields, the stars? We don't know yet , but  what do you think?

 

How Do Muscles Respond To Exercise

      So basically, muscles are made up of long, thin cells called muscle fibres and as the muscle contracts, it produces an acid known as the lactic acid. This acid is like a poison that has the effect of making you tired by making your muscles feel tired. If this acid is removed from the tired muscle, it stops feeling tired and you could get right back to work again. But, this acid is not removed normally when you exercise and various toxins are produced when your muscles are active. These toxins are carried  by the blood through the body, which cause tiredness throughout the entire body, especially the brain. Hence, the tiredness of exercise is the result of internal poisoning. Your body really needs this feeling of tiredness in order to make you want to rest. When you are resting waste products are removed, the cells recover from exertion or recuperate , nerve cells of the brain recharge their batteries. 
So while exercise is good for the body and muscles-rest is just as important