you already know that it is only our Lord Who can
accomplish such artistry!
It is easy for our Lord to create various kinds of
birds and to endow them with features suiting their habitats. Similarly,
it is easy for Him to create a line on their beaks or to make it disappear.
Allah, Who has created puffins so beautifully, has also given them
some other striking features. Now, let's continue examining these
features:
Once they are six weeks old, young puffins leave their parents and
begin to fly over the open sea.
A healthy puffin lives for about 25 years.
Puffins can dive very deep. Do you know what awaits a human being
who wants to dive as deep as a puffin? First of all, he needs an oxygen
supply. Besides that, he risks his life since the pressure on one increases as
one dives deeper and deeper. For this reason, diving requires great mastery.
How did puffins learn the techniques necessary to keep their breath in deep
water and to get back to the surface again? Our Lord once again shows us
His sublimity and the uniqueness of His artistry in creation.
Here is another beautiful aspect of the
puffin: The mouth structure of puffins
enables them to hold many little fish in
their mouths. Indeed, a puffin can hold 62
fish at a time. The mother has only one
purpose in holding so many fish in her
mouth: to feed her babies! So, if you see a
puffin with many fish in its mouth,
remember that it has a baby to feed.
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