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- 2. " In June of 1840, three sailors hailing from the Scottish island of St.Klida landed on
- 3. The great auk was flightless bird of the alcid family that became extinct in the mid-19th
- 4. Description Standing about 75 to 85 centimeters tall and weighing around 5 kilograms as adult birds,
- 5. The back was glossy black, and the stomach was white. The neck and legs were short,
- 6. The beak was large at 11 centimeters long and curved downwards at the top. The beak
- 7. Habitat The great auk was found in the cold North Atlantic coastal waters along the coasts
- 8. For their nesting colonies the great auks required rocky islands with sloping shorelines that provided access
- 9. Food Their main food was fish, usually 12 to 20 centimeters in length and weighing 40
- 10. Relationship with humans The great auk was a food source for Neanderthals more than 100,000 years
- 11. Extinction The Little Ice Age may have reduced the population of the great auk by exposing
- 12. The last colony of great auks lived on the Great Auk Rock off Iceland. This islet
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