Dr. Zalka Csenge Virág on Nostr: My first book for the #PolymathReadingChallenge (6. marine biology) Not a very jolly ...
My first book for the #PolymathReadingChallenge (6. marine biology)
Not a very jolly book to start the year on, but it was definitely fascinating. It traces the 1858 expedition to find the great auk - 14 years after the last known specimens were hunted down in Iceland.
The author recounts the expedition and the effects it had: the birth of the concept of human-caused extinction, and the beginnings of environmental conservation.
Poor great auks, though.
#books #nature #birds #bookstodon
Not a very jolly book to start the year on, but it was definitely fascinating. It traces the 1858 expedition to find the great auk - 14 years after the last known specimens were hunted down in Iceland.
The author recounts the expedition and the effects it had: the birth of the concept of human-caused extinction, and the beginnings of environmental conservation.
Poor great auks, though.
#books #nature #birds #bookstodon