Assertion: puffin | /r/HasProperty | excellent swimmers
Facets:
value: despite their short wings
type: OTHER
value: as being fast
type: MANNER
value: despite chubby bodies
type: OTHER
value: to evict the rabbits
type: PURPOSE
value: in order to maximise their chances
type: PURPOSE
value: incredibly
type: DEGREE
value: with a vicious bite
type: OTHER
value: incredibly fast in the air
type: DEGREE
Source sentences:
text: Puffins are excellent swimmers but also incredibly fast in the air and are able to launch very quickly from land or the water when needed.
text: Puffins are also expert divers and swimmers.
text: Puffins are expert divers & flappers
text: Puffins are strong fliers averaging speeds of fifty miles per hour.
text: They are expert swimmers and divers and use their short wings to help propel themselves underwater.
text: Whilst their small wings are adapted for swimming, they are good at flying and will beat their wings rapidly up to 400 times a minute and reach speeds of 88.5 km/h (55 mph).
text: The rabbit and puffin populations use the same burrows at different times, the puffins being strong enough (with a vicious bite) to evict the rabbits from the burrows during the nesting season.
text: Also they are great divers and can dive up to 60 metres.
text: The mix-up is understandable—both puffins and penguins are black-and-white sea birds, have an upright posture and are good swimmers.
text: Puffins are great parents.
text: They are adept swimmers.
text: Puffins are great swimmers, using their feet as rudders and wings to
text: But the puffin is a strong swimmer and its wings serve it best by helping it “fly” underwater.
text: The Atlantic puffin can do it all: they are excellent swimmers, sleek flyers, skilled hunters and whimsical waddlers.
text: Puffins are excellent flyers, flapping their wings up to 400 times a minute and speed through the air at 88km an hour.
text: Puffins are skilled swimmers as well; their webbed feet help to move them swiftly through the water and effectively to capture small fish.
text: The puffin is an excellent swimmer.
text: Why are puffins such good swimmers?
text: Native to the Northern Hemisphere, puffins are adept at both swimming and flying!
text: As well as being fast and efficient in the air, Puffins are also incredibly adept and agile swimmers that are known to dive to depths of up to 60meters for as long as two minutes at a time (although the average dive usually only lasts for around 20 seconds), in order to maximise their chances of catching plenty of fish both for their themselves and for their young.
text: Puffins are excellent underwater swimmers, and are better than some species of fish.
text: They are excellent swimmers, using their wings to essentially ‘fly’ underwater while using their feet to control direction.
text: Puffins are excellent swimmers and flyers.
text: The Atlantic puffin can do it all: they are excellent swimmers, sleek flyers, skilled hunters and whimsical waddlers.
text: They are excellent swimmers using their wings to stroke underwater.
text: They are excellent swimmers, using their short wings to stroke underwater with a flying motion.
text: Also, did you know that puffins are magnificent flyers and swimmers?
text: Puffins are also expert divers and swimmers.
text: Despite their short wings and chubby bodies, puffins are strong fliers.
text: Puffins are expert swimmers and fishermen, diving 30 to 40 feet in search of fish.