History Short: What is the Next Extinction? #Shorts
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as posted by the channelOn June 3, 1844, the last known pair of Great Auks was killed on a small island off Iceland, a magnificent species of flightless bird resembling but not related to Penguins, 30 to 33 inches tall but with tiny six-inch wings.
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