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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.'"

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  1. Oh dear by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Soon, this "mass grave" will be linked to Saddam, and will be one of the major points of his trial.

  2. Dodos? by ImEric12 · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Well, I'd say the scientific team's credibility is going the way of the dodo.

  3. I don't believe in dodos by RedNovember · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    there's no mention of this in the bible, dodos are just a theory of atheist scientists

    who ya gonna believe, the bible or your own lyin eyes??

    --
    "MY APOCALYPTIC TENOR HAS NOT BEEN DISPELLED!" - T-Rex, qwantz.com
  4. YOU fAIL IT by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Get hOw people can result of a quaarel And personal Current core were

  5. ratings??? by dirtydog · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Could this move simply be MS jumping ship due to MSNBC's ratings being in the toilet??? I heard O'Reilly gloat the other day about his show's 4am repeat getting better ratings than his MSNBC competition gets in the primetime slot.