The feet of an Atlantic Puffin, Fratercula arctica at Sumburgh Head on the southern tip of Shetland, Scotland, UK, showing the inner toe nail curved o

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The feet of an Atlantic Puffin, Fratercula arctica at Sumburgh Head on the southern tip of Shetland, Scotland, UK, showing the inner toe nail curved over as an adaptation for helping to dig out their nesting burrows.

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