Great Auks: The First Penguins
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- Опубликовано: 6 окт 2024
- Whilst we may often think of penguins as of an Antarctic persuasion, until relatively recently, Arctic waters were home to their very own penguins. Some might even call them THE penguins, their southern relatives only co-opting their name.
Sadly, these penguins are no more - the result of rampant human over-exploitation. Their story is a sad one, but by recognising it, we can act to prevent it from ever happening again.
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it just kinda annoys me how stuff like this (fear of witches and dark magic) could drive the first penguins into extinction
You are delluded and scapegoating innocent people with your false accusations. The great auk were systematically killed for entire summers for their feathers to make down for warm covers. It was an economic greed enterprise similar to how whales were decimated at the same time for oil.
Don't accuse innocent. This is quite typical where the powerful culprits minority find a powerless victim majority to accuse instead of them. This is happening with many of the great genocides including slavery. Those who accuse slavery are the one whose ancestors financed it, wanted it and made it happen, and those where not europeans but a well known halogene ethnic minority speculating on money and usury lending that are not named where free expression is not allowed.
Lest we forget, to be condemned for the stupidity which it is to repeat the same mistakes.
Fun fact : French was one of the last if not the last language to ever call the auk "penguin" (or "pingouin" in French), nowadays, the term "penguin"/"pingouin" is used to call black and white flightless birds living in Antarctica, while the auk is called "manchot".
'No one expects to be landing the final blow' oof well said. Great video Andrew, and thanks for showing me the story of the penguins.
The history of flightless birds is sadly full of big oof moments. No more, I say.
...so I was hunting assassins in the artic, when I suddenly I came upon a penguin...I thought there were no penguins in the artic?...I was right...
I was very impressed by the great auks in Assassins Creed Rogue. A brilliant inclusion!
There is one northern penguin I know, the galaphagos penguin, but its not in the artic.
Super interesting video - I never knew about the history of "penguin"! Loving the art style too
Thank you good sir
Amazing channel. Definitely deserving more subs. Keep it up!
Many thanks!
The original Penguin, except it wasn’t one. And the only flightless bird that existed in the Northern Hemisphere.
Ostriches are found in the northern hemisphere
Came from AC Rogue. Now I feel very sad!
i’m sad this channel didn’t get found by its people so it could take off. i love the animation, content and soothing voice. exactly what i want before bed and to sleep too
Knowing that this happened on St Kilda makes me dizzy; I'm from the isle of lewis and many former st kildan people moved there.. it kills me to know that this species was unfortunately brought to its end somewhere so close to me😢
Scientist are trying to bring the great auk from extinction.
I great great great grandfather saw I’m the aukand didn’t even harm it and was keeping it as a pet.
That's amazing to hear!
People really are and were terrible creatures
Ikr they stranggled it to death I wish that would happen to humans
Don't delete this comment
This channel deserves waaaaay more subscribers. Great work!
Thanks for the support Eugenio! Working on a new video as we speak 👍
@@TalesofDiscovery May the youtube algorithm have mercy on you
Great auks are related to modern day auks like razorbills also gulls and waders but I'm not sure about Flimangos.
There are definitely disagreements regarding the relationships between modern birds. The statement in this video is referencing Prum et al. 2015, which as you rightly say places great auks closest to modern auks, but also categorises flamingos as being closer to great auks than great auks are to penguins 👍
@@TalesofDiscovery The reason I went along with my theory was that the auks,gulls and waders were in the charadriforme order, while Flimangos are in there own order but the orders could be somewhat related.
@@TalesofDiscovery I mean flimangos need to have at least one living relative.
@@the1stmonke859 I think that one of the reason why it has been traditionally difficult to determine relatives for flamingos is because their anatomy is so derived and linked to their rather strange feeding behaviour, so morphological comparisons are tricky. Thankfully, genetic investigations should help solve these problems. They're exactly the sorts of questions that we need to be asking, though 👍
Excellent videos. I enjoy watching them. I would have preferred it if your voice were recorded at a louder level, however, as you convey a great deal of valuable and well researched information and it's sometimes difficult to fully understand you.
Thank you for the support and advice! I will make sure to increase the sound levels going forward.
Despite the coloration Great Auks are in ways related to Penguins
I learned many information of the great ack, thats very helpful, great video, thanks a lot!
This is one of my favourite birds and I am really sad that they are extinct😢.But don’t worry, scientists are trying to bring back the great auk.This is called de-extinction.
The saiors are the witches not the great auk
The great Auk was discovered before the penguin.
The penguin was named after the Auks Latin name
Thanks I needed you to explain this fact that is in the video at 3:50.... come on man you arent smart for knowing this he literally says it you donut
This was excellent mate
Thanks for the support!
Can you whisper quietly than this?
I can.
Somehow North Pole feels empty without penguins...
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These aren’t penguins plus there are already penguins that are millions of years old
This is an amazing video!
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Are those first penguins in the north?
Nice job man 👍
Thanks for the support!
Auks are different than penguin 🐧
Chatham penguin
Great auks aren't penguins they are auks or alcids
La palabra pingüino viene del nombre en gaélico del alca gigante, Pen (cabeza) y gwyn (blanco) [Pen gwyn (cabeza blanca)]; y de ahí surgió la palabra penguin (pingüino).
Wow
Except they don't have white heads.
great auks are technically , actually auks not penguins great auks genetically, biologically ,taxonomically ,phylogenetically ,evolutionarily ,scientifically were technically, actually closer to other auks and related flightless water birds then to penguins great auks having black and white markings looking like penguins is technologically, actually convergent evolution not evolutionarily ,taxonomically ,phylogenetically ,genetically ,biologically ,scientifically an indicator indication indicating ,indicative of genetic , biological ,scientific ,phylogenetic ,scientific ,evolutionary ,taxonomic relation to penguins or any related flightless bird species for that matter.
Are those first penguins in the north?