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Hey, What About the Great Auk?

10,000 Birds

In 1952, at least in the US, no one wanted to be a Debbie Downer. It is correct, of course, to think of extinction this way during the Holocene Extinction, which we are living through right now. That’s one reason, probably the biggest reason, why we don’t have centennials for animals that become extinct in the wild.