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Latin (scientific) name - Morus bassanus. Family name - Sulidae

Number of eggs - 1 egg
Hatching time - ?
Age of independence - 90 days
Oldest known age - 40 years
Length from tip of bill to tail - 87 - 100 cm
(165 - 180 cm wingspan)

It can make a vertical plunge dive from 40 meters and dive 3 – 4 m (max 15 m) deep to get its prey.

Havsule   Suula   Sule   Gannet   Havssula   Fou de Bassan   Jan van Gent   Sula   Baßtölpel   Alcatraz   Súla   Głuptak

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