生物第四篇 bird
we'v just seen two large contemporary birds that can not fly the emu and the ostrich, over here is an interesting specimen in the past. This stuffed animal is not the giant penguin it appears to be, but an auk. This particulary auk is very rare----only 78 skins are known to exist and most are not preserved as well as this one, the great auk as you can see was a rather large bird and it couldn't fly either. However, evidence suggests that the auk is an excellent swimmer and diver, unfortunately, those ability did not pretect them from being easy pray(prey) for hungry sailors who used( yeas) ago sailed the very cold and often icy water of Greenland, Iceland and Scotland. In fact, records indicated that the auk is rather tasty and its eggs and fethers were useful as well. Still it isn't clear what other factors led to demise around 1884, the last time anyone reported seeing one. Of course, we believe it's important to take extra precautions to preserve the remaining of auk skins. After all, this specimens should prove invaluable for future scientific research.
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giant penguin 大企鹅
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