Facts about Northern Fulmar

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   Population expansions of northern fulmars have been linked to the increase in offal discarded by commercial fishing vessels across the North Atlantic.

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   Remarkably long-lived, the northern fulmar can survive for over 40 years in the wild, making it one of the longest-lived seabirds.

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   Cliff ledges on remote North Atlantic islands, including Iceland and Scotland, serve as nesting sites where northern fulmars lay a single egg per breeding season.

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   A distinctive defense of the northern fulmar involves projecting a foul-smelling stomach oil at predators from its bill.

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   The northern fulmar closely resembles a gull but is actually a seabird in the order Procellariiformes, related to albatrosses and petrels.

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