Miami Beach Lifeguards Rescue Injured Atlantic Puffin Far from Its Northern Habitat

A peculiar scene unfolded on the sands of Miami Beach yesterday as a lifeguard came to the rescue of an unexpected non-human beachgoer. Lifeguards Javier Mayor and Joshua Fonte, from the Miami Beach Ocean Rescue team, discovered an injured Atlantic puffin, a bird native to the colder northern reaches of the Atlantic Ocean. On the beach near Sixth Street, the puffin was found far from its typical icy habitat, as WSVN reported.

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