Great Auks!

Podcast: The LRB Podcast (LS 55 · TOP 0.5% what is this?)Episode: Great Auks!Pub date: 2024-08-28Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationThe great auk was a flightless, populous and reportedly delicious bird, once found widely across the rocky outcrops of the North Atlantic. By the 1860s it was extinct, its decline sharpened by specimen collectors and at least one volcanic eruption. Human-driven extinction was ‘almost unthinkable’ until the auk’s disappearance, Liam Shaw writes. He joins Tom to discuss when, where and why the great auk died out.Find further reading on the episode page: https://lrb.me/aukspod Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from The London Review of Books, which is the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Listen Notes, Inc.