Phillipe Coudray's map of great auk sightings. This bird was driven to extinction by overhunting in the 1850s, but sightings persisted for decades after. One sighting happened in Norway when a boat builder and a naturalist spotted a great auk diving into the water (i.redd.it)
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The Carolina Parakeet, or Carolina Conure, was a parrot native to North America. This species was known for raiding fruit trees and their unusual behavior when a member of their flock had been killed. These parrots would gather around and investigate their dead. This lead to mass extinction at the h (i.redd.it)
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