why did the great auk go extinct

Great auk

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The great auk (Pinguinus impennis) is a species of flightless alcid that became extinct in the mid-19th century. It was the only modern species in the genus ...

Great auk extinction

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By about 1850, the great auk was extinct; the last two known specimens were hunted down by fishermen on Eldey Island, off the coast of Iceland.

Great Auks Become Extinct

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Great auks were native to the Arctic and sub-Arctic, and became extinct in 1844. ... On July 3, 1844, fishermen killed the last confirmed pair of great auks ( ...

Great Auks Become Extinct

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Human Hunting Drove The Great Auk Extinct

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By 1844, the last two great auks were hunted down and strangled by three fishermen on Eldey Island, near Iceland. The birds' internal organs ...

July 3 — Great Auk Went Extinct (1844)

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In the last “little ice age” (circa 1500-1800), sea ice linked their breeding islands together with larger land areas. That gave polar bears access to Great Auk ...

The extinction of The Great Auk

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The Little Ice Age may have reduced the population of the Great Auk by exposing more of their breeding islands to predation by Polar Bears, ...

The uneasy story of how the Great Auk went extinct

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Great Auks were hunted by Neanderthals as early as 100,000 years ago, as evidenced by well-cleaned bones found by their campfires. Sketches of ...

When worlds collide

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The demise of these birds was not down to habitat loss but human exploitation. The last living bird was seen in 1852, after the rest of its species had been ...

Why the Great Auk Is Gone for Good

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In this way, the great auk went extinct. What caused such a precipitous decline? In the past, researchers have speculated that environmental ...