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Posted on Sunday, November 28, 2010
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Image credit: CC-BY-SA-3.0 Frode Inge Helland

Uploader comment: Probably the most well known of all recent extinctions the demise of the dodo is frequently cited as an example of how a species can be wiped out due to human activity.

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#8 Posted by SpaceElisur on 12/15/2010

This is the sad truth.

#7 Posted by Sareau on 12/16/2010

I had thought the last dodo corpse was burned by accident and only a foot remained...

#6 Posted by Raidoner on 12/22/2010

I think it is our responsibility to make right what we did wrong and clone this and any other animal that we have cause the extinction of.

#5 Posted by Kleng on 2/27/2011

Uh, I think they went extinct because they laid their eggs on the ground unprotected where anything could eat them. Sure, I'm sure humans had a hand in their extinction, but it's not like it was entirely our fault. Darwin's theory at work here.

#4 Posted by mr rainbow on 4/15/2011

if those are real dodo feathers... why dont we clone them?

#3 Posted by George Ford on 5/23/2011

I wish they were still alive, I'd like to eat one.

#2 Posted by George Ford on 7/31/2011

feet have loads of DNA in them!

#1 Posted by Ninhursag on 8/18/2012

They Were Such Pretty Birds .. It's Such A Shame Animals Get Extint .. Very Sad =(

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