happy world seabird day
Context: World Seabird Day is held on July 3, marking when the extinct Great Auk (Pinguinus impennis) was last seen in 1844. The last pair, found incubating an egg, were killed on Eldey in June 1844, when Icelandic sailors Jón Brandsson and Sigurður Ísleifsson strangled the adults and Ketill Ketilsson cracked the last egg of the species with his boot during the struggle.














