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Why was the dodo hunted to extinction?

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Most people are familiar with the sad story of the dodo. This plump, flightless bird was so tasty and so tame that it was hunted to extinction within a century by Dutch sailors arriving on the shores of Mauritius. Rather fewer people realise that this story is largely incorrect. Tasty? read more

The dodo is the best known example but there are many from New Zealand, where there were hardly any land mammals before the arrival of man, so that many birds lost the ability to fly and filled the same niche. read more

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