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Puffins live in the Arctic. Penguins live in the Antarctic. Suggest reasons why puffins and penguins are both similar and different

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Puffins are not actually penguins! They are birds that look similar, but are not the same species. Puffins belong to a family of birds called Alcidae, while penguins belong to the family Spheniscidae; their wings evolved to support different functions.

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