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Download or read book The Great Auk written by Errol Fuller and published by Bunker Hill Publishing, Inc.. This book was released on 2003 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A seabird whose extinction was entirely the work of humankind, the last two recorded great auk's were killed on June 3, 1844. This book pays homage to this incredible species.
Book Synopsis The Tragic Tale of the Great Auk by : Jan Thornhill
Download or read book The Tragic Tale of the Great Auk written by Jan Thornhill and published by Groundwood Books Ltd. This book was released on 2016-10-01 with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For hundreds of thousands of years, Great Auks thrived. And then they were gone ... For hundreds of thousands of years Great Auks thrived in the icy seas of the North Atlantic, bobbing on the waves, diving for fish and struggling up onto rocky shores to mate and hatch their fluffy chicks. But by 1844, not a single one of these magnificent birds was alive. In this stunningly illustrated non-fiction picture book, award-winning author and illustrator Jan Thornhill tells the tragic story of these birds that “weighed as much as a sack of potatoes and stood as tall as a preteen’s waist.” Their demise came about in part because of their anatomy. They could swim swiftly underwater, but their small wings meant they couldn’t fly and their feet were so far back on their bodies, they couldn’t walk very well. Still the birds managed to escape their predators much of the time ... until humans became seafarers. Great Auks were pursued first by Vikings, then by Inuit, Beothuk and finally European hunters. Their numbers rapidly dwindled. They became collectors’ items — their skins were stuffed for museums, to be displayed along with their beautiful eggs. (There are some amazing stories about these stuffed auks — one was stolen from a German museum during WWII by Russian soldiers; another was flown to Iceland and given a red-carpet welcome at the airport.) Although undeniably tragic, the final demise of the Great Auk led to the birth of the conservation movement. Laws were eventually passed to prevent the killing of birds during the nesting season, and similar laws were later extended to other wildlife species. Correlates to the Common Core State Standards in English Language Arts: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.4.3 Explain events, procedures, ideas, or concepts in a historical, scientific, or technical text, including what happened and why, based on specific information in the text. CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.4.4 Determine the meaning of general academic and domain-specific words or phrases in a text relevant to a grade 4 topic or subject area.
Book Synopsis Who Killed the Great Auk? by : Jeremy Gaskell
Download or read book Who Killed the Great Auk? written by Jeremy Gaskell and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Who Killed the Great Auk? takes us on a tour of some of the wildest and most remote communities on earth. We travel with Audubon to Labrador, sail to the remote Scottish island of St. Kilda, experience the hardship of life in the Newfoundland colonies, and follow the peregrinations of intrepid naturalists as they put to sea in search of the very last of the Great Auks."--Jacket.
Book Synopsis The Great Auk, or Garefowl by : Symington Grieve
Download or read book The Great Auk, or Garefowl written by Symington Grieve and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2015-03-05 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This 1885 work collects together information on the extinct great auk, including its distribution, various names, and physical remains.
Book Synopsis Bulletin of the Nuttall Ornithological Club by :
Download or read book Bulletin of the Nuttall Ornithological Club written by and published by . This book was released on 1880 with total page 1118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis An Account of the Decline of the Great Auk, According to One Who Saw It by : Jessie Greengrass
Download or read book An Account of the Decline of the Great Auk, According to One Who Saw It written by Jessie Greengrass and published by JM Originals. This book was released on 2015-07-30 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: WINNER OF THE EDGE HILL SHORT STORY PRIZE 2016 SHORTLISTED FOR THE SUNDAY TIMES/PFD YOUNG WRITER OF THE YEAR AWARD 2016 'Greengrass is undoubtedly that rare thing, a genuinely new and assured voice in prose. Her work is precise, properly moving, quirky and heartfelt' A. L. Kennedy The twelve stories in this startling collection range over centuries and across the world. There are stories about those who are lonely, or estranged, or out of time. There are hauntings, both literal and metaphorical; and acts of cruelty and neglect but also of penance. Some stories concern themselves with the present, and the mundane circumstances in which people find themselves: a woman who feels stuck in her life imagines herself in different jobs - as a lighthouse keeper in Wales, or as a guard against polar bears in a research station in the Arctic. Some stories concern themselves with the past: a sixteenth-century alchemist and doctor, whose arrogance blinds him to people's dissatisfaction with their lives until he experiences it himself. Finally, in the title story, a sailor gives his account - violent, occasionally funny and certainly tragic - of the decline of the Great Auk.
Book Synopsis Zoological Series by : Field Museum of Natural History
Download or read book Zoological Series written by Field Museum of Natural History and published by . This book was released on 1909 with total page 780 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Publication written by and published by . This book was released on 1909 with total page 784 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Auk written by and published by . This book was released on 1884 with total page 458 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Birds of Illinois and Wisconsin by : Charles Barney Cory
Download or read book The Birds of Illinois and Wisconsin written by Charles Barney Cory and published by . This book was released on 1909 with total page 776 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Miscellaneous Circular written by and published by . This book was released on 1923 with total page 820 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Report of the Assistant Director and of the Curators of the U.S. National Museum by : United States National Museum
Download or read book Report of the Assistant Director and of the Curators of the U.S. National Museum written by United States National Museum and published by . This book was released on 1885 with total page 742 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Annual Report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution by : Smithsonian Institution. Board of Regents
Download or read book Annual Report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution written by Smithsonian Institution. Board of Regents and published by . This book was released on 1892 with total page 1126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Bulletin by : United States National Museum
Download or read book Bulletin written by United States National Museum and published by . This book was released on 1892 with total page 968 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Report on the Progress and Condition of the United States National Museum by : United States National Museum
Download or read book Report on the Progress and Condition of the United States National Museum written by United States National Museum and published by . This book was released on 1892 with total page 1136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Studies in Natural History ... by : State University of Iowa
Download or read book Studies in Natural History ... written by State University of Iowa and published by . This book was released on 1920 with total page 1084 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Reports on the Crinoids, Ophiurans, Brachyura, Tanidacea and Isopoda, Amphipods, & Echinoidea of the Barbados-Antigua Expedition of 1918 by : Barbados-Antigua expedition, 1918
Download or read book Reports on the Crinoids, Ophiurans, Brachyura, Tanidacea and Isopoda, Amphipods, & Echinoidea of the Barbados-Antigua Expedition of 1918 written by Barbados-Antigua expedition, 1918 and published by . This book was released on 1921 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
