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==Biology== * June 3 β The last definitely recorded pair of [[great auk]]s (''Pinguinus impennis'') are killed on the [[Iceland]]ic island of [[Eldey]].<ref>{{cite web |title=The Great Auks Become Extinct |url=https://education.nationalgeographic.org/resource/great-auks-become-extinct/ |website=National Geographic Education |access-date=2024-10-27 |date=July 3, 1844 |quote=On July 3, 1844, the last confirmed pair of great auks (Pinguinus impennis) were killed on Eldey Island, Iceland.}}</ref> * August 1 β Opening of [[Berlin Zoological Garden]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.zoo-infos.de/zoos-en/41.html|title=Zoologischer Garten Berlin|work=zoo-infos.de|publisher=Zoo-Infos.de|accessdate=2010-09-05}}</ref> * [[Gabriel Gustav Valentin]] notes the digestive activity of [[pancreatic juice]]. * [[George Robert Gray]] begins publication in [[London]] of ''The Genera of Birds''. * [[Joseph Dalton Hooker]] begins publication of ''The Botany of the Antarctic Voyage of H.M. Discovery Ships ''Erebus'' and ''Terror'' ... 1839β1843'' in [[London]].<ref>{{cite book|first=F. Bruce|last=Sampson|chapter=Botany of the Antarctic Voyage|url=https://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-SamEarl-t1-body1-d5-d5-d5.html|title=Early New Zealand Botanical Art|publisher=Reed Methuen|year=1985|location=Auckland|page=76|accessdate=2011-04-05}}</ref>
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