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On this day in 1844 the last known breeding pair of great auks (Pinguinus impennis) were killed by hunters, motivated by the high price museums were offering for skins.
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A documentary on the fate of the great auk:















In November Sahar Dimus, our guide on four CFZ Sumatra expeditions, died of liver failure leaving a widow Lucy and four Children. On the 2nd November, Dezyama D. Sangma, wife of our friend and colleague Dipu Marak, our collaborator on the 2010 Indian expedition died, leaving her grieving husband and two small children.


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