Where did the dodo die?
A cave in Mauritius as it turns out. Scientists were so excited by the find that they set a guard of four heavies to make sure no-one stole or contaminated the remains from which they hope to extract DNA. Good find Richard Carter FCD (the story, not the bones, or I'd be right over there to buy him a pint.)
The story could only better if the find was in an ancient midden, then we could report on a dodo in the doodoo.
The story could only better if the find was in an ancient midden, then we could report on a dodo in the doodoo.
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Darwin would have loved this, being a pigeon fancier!
Coming soon: the dodo genome project.
Hopefully CBOL will at least barcode it as part of their All Birds barcoding initiative:
http://barcoding.si.edu/allbirds.htm
When I was at school, I made up a very convoluted (and bad) joke about dodos, which also referred in passing to doodoos. I'll publish it on Gruts when I'm really scraping the barrel. Actually, on second thoughts, maybe I should publish it on the FOCD weblog... It is, after all, about dodos.
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