Tag: mauritius
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Who’s the Dodo Now? A Famously Extinct Bird, Reconsidered.
The New York Times has an interesting article about the Dodo. The Dodo, Raphus cucullatus, was a flightless bird that lived on the island of Mauritius. It was about the size of a male turkey. The Dodo has long been seen as and inept animal that slid into extinction because it was too stupid to…
