What is Gannet?
{{Taxobox | name = Gannet| image = Morus bassanus 9.jpg | image_width = 250px | image_caption = [[Northern gannet]]s on [[Heligoland]], a small German archipelago in the North Sea | regnum = [[Animal]]ia | phylum = [[Chordate|Chordata]] | classis = [[bird|Aves]] | ordo = [[Suliformes]] | familia = [[Sulidae]] | genus = '''''Morus''''' | genus_authority = [[Carolus Linnaeus|Linnaeus]], 1753 | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = *''Morus bassanus'' *''Morus capensis'' *''Morus serrator'' | synonyms = ''Moris'' }} '''Gannets''' are [[seabird]]s in the genus '''''Morus'''''. They are related to [[booby|boobies]]. They are large [[white]] and [[black]] with [[yellow]] heads. They have long, pointed wings and long [[beak|bills]]. Gannets only lay one [[blue]] egg. Gannets can dive from a height of {{convert|30|m|ft}}, and hit the water with great speed.<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Gabbatiss |first1=Josh |title=Seabirds' Death-Defying Dives |url=https://www.hakaimagazine.com/news/seabirds-death-defying-dives/ |accessdate=20 March 2020 |magazine=Hakai Magazine |date=19 October 2016 |language=en}}</ref> This can carry them to a depth of {{convert|11|m|ft}}.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Gannet's Dive |url=https://www.jw.org/en/bible-teachings/science/was-it-designed/gannets-dive/ |website=JW.ORG |accessdate=20 March 2020 |language=en}}</ref> The bird can then keep going deeper using its wings and feet. Some have been known to dive deeper than {{convert|22|m|ft}}.<ref>{{cite web |title=Northern Gannet Overview |url=https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Northern_Gannet/overview |website=All About Bird, Cornell Lab of Ornithology |publisher=Cornell University |accessdate=20 March 2020 |language=en}}</ref> == References == {{reflist}} [[File:Muriwai gannets.JPG|left|thumb|Nesting gannets (''Morus serrator'') at the [[Muriwai]] colony in New Zealand]] {{Taxonbar|from=Q1651414}} [[Category:Seabirds]] [[Category:Suliformes]] {{biology-stub}}