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To: Bonefish who wrote (965881)	9/20/2016 1:10:10 PM
From: Wharf Rat	Respond to of 1573952

Alas, wiped out by the Robertson family just before they moved to Louisiana in search of ducks. The term “penguin” derives from an Arctic species, whose scientific name is Pinguinus impennis, know as the Great auk.... a group of Icelanders landed on Edley, in SW Iceland, between June 2 and 5, 1844, to hunt down the last two specimens of Great auk and also destroy their last eggs. The passage reads: “Upon climbing to the top, men saw two giant auks among a large group of seabirds and immediately began to chase them. The giant auks showed no intention of rejecting the intruders, but immediately ran to the edge of the cliff with their erect heads and small outstretched wings. They did not issue any sound alarm and moved in small steps no faster than a man can walk. Jon Brandsson Robertson cornered one bird and took it. Signurdr Islefsson Robertson and Ketil Ketilson Robertson chased another bird and cornered it against the cliff, many feet above the water. After capturing it, Ketil Ketilson Robertson walked back to the colony and saw a Great auk egg on the floor and when he took it he found it was broken." theconversation.com