The great auks are now just a memory,
at one time numbering in the millions,
herded into pen and aviary
by the thousands by hungry civilians.
The extinction of the great auks was first
among the animals that man would drive
to extinction. An incredible thirst
for down, meat, and fist bait and we arrive
where we are today: no more great auks for
us to admire with their silly waddle
and penguin's gait. No more down, and no more
bird meat. They exist now as a model
in museums and private collections:
the result of no hunting directions.
"Quorum Sensing" by Kenneth Larot Yamat
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