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Scientists Find Preserved Dodo Bird Bones

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the i-see-dodos-every-day-how-can-they-be-extinct dept.

nz17 writes "BBC News is reporting that a team of Dutch and Mauritian scientists have found what appears to be a mass dodo bird grave. From the article: 'Little is known about the dodo, a famous flightless bird thought to have become extinct in the 17th century. No complete skeleton has ever been found in Mauritius, and the last full set of bones was destroyed in a fire at a museum in Oxford, England, in 1755.'"

2 of 224 comments (clear)

  1. Sign Post Gave it Away by Bullfish · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    The marker said Bush family plot.

  2. Bush disputes this report by Skiron · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    "I already downloaded the latest Dodo record on my iPac, so this information is incorrect", he announced.