A great auk in an illustration from the Museum Wormianum, written by Danish naturalist Ole Worm in 1
A great auk in an illustration from the Museum Wormianum, written by Danish naturalist Ole Worm in 1655. Auks went extinct in the 19th century after being hunted in greater and greater numbers by sailors in the north Atlantic. The last living auk was spotted in 1852. -- source link
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