The Great Auk ( Pinguinus impennis ) was a large, flightless bird of the alcid family that became extinct in the mid-19th century.

The Great Auk was tall and weighed around, making it the largest member of the alcid family.

During summer, the Great Auk had a white patch over each eye.

Great Auk pairs mated for life.

Humans had hunted the Great Auk for more than 100, 000 years.

Many Maritime Archaic people were buried with Great Auk bones, and one was buried covered in over 200 auk beaks, which are assumed to have been part of a cloak made of their skins.

Scientists soon began to realize that the Great Auk was disappearing and it became the beneficiary of many early environmental laws, but this proved not to be enough.

The Great Auk is mentioned in a number of novels and the scientific journal of the American Ornithologists ' Union is named The Auk in honour of this bird.

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The Great Auk was also closely related to the Little Auk ( Dovekie ), which underwent a radically different evolution compared to Pinguinus.

Due to its outward similarity to the Razorbill ( apart from flightlessness and size ), the Great Auk was often placed in the genus Alca, following Linnaeus.

The molecular data are compatible with either view, but the weight of evidence suggests placing the Great Auk in a distinct genus.

The Great Auk was not closely related to the other extinct genera of flightless alcids, Mancalla, Praemancalla, and Alcodes.

Known from bones found in the Yorktown Formation of the Lee Creek Mine in North Carolina, it is believed to have split along with the Great Auk from a common ancestor.

Pinguinus alfrednewtoni lived in the western Atlantic while the Great Auk lived in the eastern Atlantic, but after the former died out after the Pliocene, the Great Auk replaced it.

The Great Auk was one of the 4400 animal species originally described by Carolus Linnaeus in his 18th-century work, Systema Naturae, in which it was named Alca impennis.

Only known illustration of a Great Auk drawn from life, Ole Worm's pet received from the Faroe Islands

The Basque name for the Great Auk is arponaz, meaning " spearbill ".

The Norse called the Great Auk geirfugl, which means " spearbird ".

The Inuit name for the Great Auk was isarukitsck, which meant " little wing ".

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He is a member of the Institution of Electrical Engineers, London, a registered professional engineer in Connecticut and Ohio, and a chartered electrical engineer in Great Britain.

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Since they commonly translate thoughts and feelings into deeds, hands naturally represent action, and since nearly half the characters in Great Expectations are of the underworld or closely allied to it, the linking of hands with crime or violence is not to be wondered at.

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I am selling the stuff of which is made one of the Great American Dreams -- wall-to-wall carpeting.

As the bergs grew larger, Hudson was forced to turn south into what is now Ungava Bay, an inlet of the Great Strait.

The Great Train Robbery is a one-reel film.

The `` chase '' as a standard film device probably dates from The Great Train Robbery, and there is a reason for the continued popularity of the device.

Aristotle's influence over Alexander the Great is seen in the latter's bringing with him on his expedition a host of zoologists, botanists, and researchers.

In Korea, the Hangul alphabet was created by Sejong the Great Hangul is a unique alphabet: it is a featural alphabet, where many of the letters are designed from a sound's place of articulation ( P to look like the widened mouth, L to look like the tongue pulled in, etc.

For English, this is partly because the Great Vowel Shift occurred after the orthography was established, and because English has acquired a large number of loanwords at different times, retaining their original spelling at varying levels.

Aquarius is identified as " The Great One " in the Babylonian star catalogues and represents the god Ea himself, who is commonly depicted holding an overflowing vase.

However Abdul is a common Arabic prefix meaning " Servant of the " and " Al " is Arabic for " the ", and if " hazra " means " he prohibited ", " he fenced in " or " Great Lord ", then the name would mean " Servant of the Prohibited ", " Servant of the Fenced in ", or " Servant of the Great Lord " which would make sense considering his role, even if it is not a proper Arabic name.

• A " Flaming Smelt " is the tongue-in-cheek mascot of Chicago Great Books school Shimer College, which does not have any sports teams.

Freda, the Harlequin Great Dane mascot of the New Zealand Rifle Brigade ( Earl of Liverpool's Own ) is also buried on the chase marked with a memorial marble headstone.

Sears mascot for the Great Canadian Chill, a polar bear dip to raise money for children's cancer charities, Ottawa, Canada

The town is popularly known as Skeg, Skeggy, Costa del Skeg or Skegvegas or " the Blackpool of the East Coast ", and has a famous mascot, the Jolly Fisherman ( designed by John Hassall in 1908 for the Great Northern Railway ), and a slogan-" Skegness is so bracing "-a reference to the chilly prevailing north-easterly winds that can and frequently do blow off the North Sea.

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The Great Root Bear is the popular mascot for A & W Root Beer.

In the late 1990s, the Great Root Bear's role as mascot was reduced for the restaurant chain, ultimately being replaced by " The Burger Family ", although it still appears in various capacities for the restaurants and on A & W Root Beer cases in Canada.

The mascot for Bellevue International School is the Great Titan, and the logo is a Greek tripod with an ascending flame.

For instance, the Parrot appeared at two games for the Pirates during a weekend interleague series against the Cleveland Indians in Cleveland in 2012, with the Parrot having friendly interactions with the Indians mascot, Slider, and even assisting Slider in interfering with the Indians Hot Dog Race, much like what the Parrot does with the Great Pierogi Race.

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Mr. Red was joined by Gapper, a new furry mascot created by David Raymond ( the original Phillie Phanatic ), as the franchise moved to Great American Ballpark in 2003.

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In the film, the town is called " East Great Falls ", and the high school sports the same school colors — blue and yellow — along with a similar mascot — the Trailblazers instead of the Pioneers.