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The auk's docile nature, it typically will not run from humans, and its delicious meat, as reputed by 19th century poachers, was nearly driven to extinction, its numbers, at one point, down to a mere thousand.

Exhibiting a docile nature—it will typically not run from humans—and providing meat reputed by 19th century poachers to be delicious, the auk was nearly driven to extinction, its numbers, at one point, down to a mere thousand.