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The Great Auk searchfilter_Personal Memoirs from the USA Today bestsellingIts Extraordinary Life, Hideous Death and Mysterious Afterlife The life, death and afterlife of one of the true icons of extinction, the Great Auk The great auk was a flightless, goose sized bird superbly adapted for life at sea. This 'penguin of the north' once ranged across the North Atlantic, diving deep to exploit vast shoals of herring and mackerel. The summer months saw great auks massing together in large breeding colonies; fat, fleshy, flush