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thenewgreen  ·  2481 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: TIH: July 3, 1844- The last two Great Auks are killed for use as museum specimens.

    I] caught it close to the edge – a precipice many fathoms deep. Its wings lay close to the sides - not hanging out. I took him by the neck and he flapped his wings. He made no cry. I strangled him.[74]
-Fuck that guy.