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The Great Auk 2025

Book · 288 pages · English

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The Great Auk is a 2025 natural history book written by British ornithologist and evolutionary biologist Tim Birkhead. Published by Bloomsbury Sigma, it tells the story of the extinct great auk's biology, human exploitation leading to its extinction, and the subsequent history of its surviving skins, eggs and other remains.

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Cover artist
Bruce Pearson

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Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN
9781399415743
Pages
288
Format
Print, e-book and audiobook

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