'It was clearly a human assault on the species': The fate of the great auk
When you purchase through links on our site , we may earn an affiliate committee . Here ’s how it work . bully auks ( Pinguinus impennis ) were large flightless bird that thrived on rocky islands in the North Atlantic for thousands of years . However , humans trace them to extinction within just a few hundred years , targeting the auks for their feathers , juicy , nub and oil ....