“we report the rapid mortality of approximately half of Alaska’s common murre (Uria aalge) population in response to an extreme marine heatwave… We calculated a loss of 4 million common murres, the largest documented wildlife mortality event in the modern era.”
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Because of over-hunting, the Common Murre / Guillemot (Uria aalge) was down to 20 nesting pairs on Stora Karlsö Island 130 years ago.

Thanks to these birds' protected status since then, there are currently over 25,000 nesting pairs on the island. ❤️

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_murre […]

Halfbody painting shot for noodledog on Artfight of their common murre!

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