Challenge #00776 - B045: The What?

How do the penguins feel about the slaughter of their Northern cousins, the Auks? The human word “Penguin” means “Southern Auk”, as far as I am aware. But there are no longer any Auks for them to be compared to.

“I have done some research,” said T'reka.

“Good for you,” said the Matriarch. She was not exactly dismissive, but she was busy. Assigning troops to the surface for the human naturalists to observe and film.

“Your people are named for a different species. The great Auk.”

“Mm? What was so great about them?”

“Evidently, their down. They were killed as food and bait, then prised for their down… and finally hunted to extinction because the museums wanted examples to show their patrons.”

“Hnf. Must not have been that great, then.”

“Do you not want to see a picture?”

“Later. At the show and share. Winter business is important business.”

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