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How the dodo died out
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9 minutes
Released:
Jan 21, 2020
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Podcast episode
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A flightless bird, the dodo became extinct just decades after being discovered on the uninhabited island of Mauritius by European sailors. Because dodos couldn't fly they, and their eggs, were eaten by explorers and the cats and rats that came with them on board their ships. By the late 1600s there were none left. Simon Watts charts the demise and subsequent popularisation of the dodo.
Image: An engraving of a dodo. Credit: Science Photo Library.
Image: An engraving of a dodo. Credit: Science Photo Library.
Released:
Jan 21, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode
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