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Standing about 75 to 85 centimetres (30 to 33 in) tall and weighing approximately 5 kilograms (11 lb) as adult birds, [24] the flightless great auk was the second-largest member of both its family and the order Charadriiformes overall, surpassed only by the mancalline Miomancalla. It is, however, the largest species to survive into modern times.
Like the great auk, P. alfrednewtoni was a flightless wing-propelled diver, meaning that they used their wings to propel themselves forward underwater in a fashion similar to penguins. While this locomotion is used by both flying and flightless auks, Smith suggests that the body weight limit for volant alcids lies at 2–2.5 kg (4.4–5.5 lb ...
A small number of human-made cultural artefacts made of stone and bone were found in the cave: a 5cm-long figure depicting a duck or great auk, [10] a 9cm-long harpoon fragment made of bone or antlers, [11] an articulated animal bone shaped with a human face, [2] [12] and the knuckle of a seagull that may have been used as a whistle. [2] [13]
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The Great Auk. Southborough, Kent: Errol Fuller. ISBN 0-9533553-0-6. The book of more than 450 pages is entirely devoted to the extinct great auk (Pinguinus impennis). It holds, apart from detailed descriptions of the history, ecology, habits and distribution of the "garefowl" (an old English name), a great many illustrations – often dating ...
Stac an Armin (Scottish Gaelic: Stac an Àrmainn), based on the proper Scottish Gaelic spelling (formerly àrmuinn), is a sea stack in the St Kilda archipelago. It is 196 metres (643 ft.) tall, qualifying it as a Marilyn. [4] It is the highest sea stack in Scotland and the British Isles. [5] [6] [7]
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Auks or alcids are birds of the family Alcidae in the order Charadriiformes. [1] The alcid family includes the murres, guillemots, auklets, puffins, and murrelets.The family contains 25 extant or recently extinct species that are divided into 11 genera.