A TV tie-in book to accompany Channel 4th "Extinct" series on extinct species, this title for young readers follows the life-cycle of the great auk. One of the most spectacular sea-birds that ever lived, great auks could dive up to 300 feet into icy water and remain submerged for 15 minutes.

A tie-in book for children to accompany Extinct, a dramatic new series from Wall to Wall, the producers of 1940s House. Fact: 99.9 percent of all species that have ever existed on earth are now extinct. In Extinct, six of them are brought stunningly back to life using the very latest 3D computer graphics technology combined with years of scientific knowledge. With programmes devoted to the dodo, sabre-toothed tiger, great auk, Tasmanian tiger, Irish elk, and woolly mammoth, viewers can watch the story of these amazing animals from birth. In Extinct: The Great Auk, young readers can follow the life-cycle of the great auk, one of the most spectacular sea-birds that ever lived great auks could dive to 300 feet in icy water and remain submerged for fifteen minutes, but they were flightless and unable to escape their greatest enemy - man...