The Last of Its Kind by Sibylle Grimbert, translated by Aleshia Jensen Reviewed by Lisa Timpf

The Last of Its Kind tells a compelling story about extinction by imagining a friendship between a biologist and the last of the Great Auks. I had the opportunity to review this one for The Seaboard Review. www.theseaboardreview.ca/p/the-last-o.... #extinction, #GreatAuks

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#OTD #TDIH #July3, 1844: The last pair of #GreatAuks is killed. #ExtinctBirds #ExtinctAnimals #Extinctions #LastOfTheirSpecies #SpeciesMadeExtinctByHumans #AnimalSky
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