The document discusses two extinct species: the Alca Gigante, a type of penguin that lived in Europe and ate fish, which went extinct in 1852 after being hunted for its meat and large eggs; and the FOCA MONJE, a species of monk seal that lived in Spanish waters and oceans around the world until 1950, when it went extinct after being overhunted for its meat and skin.
2. Alca Gigante Extinct from:
1852
What was it?
It was a tipe of pingüin that ate
fish.They lived in Europe.
Why did it disappear?
They were killed because of it’s
meat,they also wanted theyr
big eggs.
3. FOCA MONJE Extinct from:
1950
The monk seal was a specie of
seal that not only existed in
Spain waters but also in seas
and oceans around the planet.
As other marine animals, the
monk seal was hunted mainly
by its meat and skin.
What was it?
Why did it dissapear?