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The great auk: its extraordinary life, hideous death and mysterious afterlife
The great auk: its extraordinary life, hideous death and mysterious afterlife
Author
Birkhead, Tim
Publisher
Bloomsbury Sigma
Publication Date
2025.
Language
English
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Part 1. Life. Funk heaven
Funk hell
The auk and the walrus
Three men in a boat
All things from eggs
The chick that never was
Part 2. Afterlife. Playboy, pilot and ornithologist
Spend, spend, spend
Post-mortem fate
Witch hunters
Afterlife lessons
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Subjects
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Extinct birds
Great auk
Informational works
Ornithology
Wildlife conservation
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9781399415743
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