Puffin Hunts Fish To Feed Puffling | Blue Planet II | BBC Earth

Summary by Krater

This video follows an Arctic puffin family through their daily routine of nesting, diving, and fishing to feed their chick, highlighting the challenges of raising offspring amidst predatory skuas and declining fish stocks.

From the video

Answers: How do puffins feed their chicks and survive in the Arctic?

• puffin nesting habits
• seabird fishing techniques
• predation by Arctic skuas
• ocean foraging behavior

What it concludes

• puffins must fly as much as 50 kilometers out to sea to reach good fishing grounds when fish stocks are low
• puffins can hold their breath for over a minute and dive as deep as 40 meters
• many puffins now find it hard to get enough food for their chicks due to declining fish numbers