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My first book for the #PolymathReadingChallenge (6. marine biology)

Not a very jolly book to start the year on, but it was definitely fascinating. It traces the 1858 expedition to find the great auk - 14 years after the last known specimens were hunted down in Iceland.
The author recounts the expedition and the effects it had: the birth of the concept of human-caused extinction, and the beginnings of environmental conservation.
Poor great auks, though.

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The cover of the book by Gísli Pálsson, titled "The last of its kind: The search for the greak auk and the discovery of extinction." The cover is blue and it features a drawing of the penguin-like great auk bird.
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Clare
so I used to work at a coastal zoo with a display about the Great Auks. We had some of their little cousins, guillemots and puffins on show nearby. Considering how spectacular guillemots could be, diving in the water and on the cliffs it really made you feel the loss.
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