Date: 23/11/2016 19:09:32
From: mollwollfumble
ID: 985740
Subject: Dodo skeleton sold for $470,000

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-11-23/dodo-bird-skeleton-sells-at-auction/8048892

Not quoting news article here, but what I find nice about this is that the Dodo was the just about the first ever bird to go extinct in historical (as opposed to prehistoric) times. Hundreds of bird species have gong extinct since, but the Dodo was just about the first.

The above skeleton is the most complete (I think) and is made up from bones of at least three different birds.

Other picture below.

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Date: 23/11/2016 19:13:16
From: Cymek
ID: 985741
Subject: re: Dodo skeleton sold for $470,000

Bill Oddie ate the last one, it was delicious

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Date: 23/11/2016 20:04:46
From: mollwollfumble
ID: 985772
Subject: re: Dodo skeleton sold for $470,000

Cymek said:


Bill Oddie ate the last one, it was delicious

http://www.anorakzone.com/dodonuts.jpg


Which episode was that!

I’ve been trying for ages to find that out. Do you remember the “illo” from this episode?

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Date: 23/11/2016 20:37:28
From: dv
ID: 985795
Subject: re: Dodo skeleton sold for $470,000

mollwollfumble said:


Cymek said:

Bill Oddie ate the last one, it was delicious

http://www.anorakzone.com/dodonuts.jpg


Which episode was that!

I’ve been trying for ages to find that out. Do you remember the “illo” from this episode?

The episode was called Dodonuts

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Date: 23/11/2016 20:42:21
From: mollwollfumble
ID: 985798
Subject: re: Dodo skeleton sold for $470,000

dv said:


mollwollfumble said:

Cymek said:

Bill Oddie ate the last one, it was delicious

http://www.anorakzone.com/dodonuts.jpg


Which episode was that!

I’ve been trying for ages to find that out. Do you remember the “illo” from this episode?

The episode was called Dodonuts

It’s now on youtube! I’ll see if it’s the one I remember.

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Date: 23/11/2016 20:52:51
From: mollwollfumble
ID: 985809
Subject: re: Dodo skeleton sold for $470,000

dv said:


mollwollfumble said:

Cymek said:

Bill Oddie ate the last one, it was delicious

http://www.anorakzone.com/dodonuts.jpg


Which episode was that!

I’ve been trying for ages to find that out. Do you remember the “illo” from this episode?

The episode was called Dodonuts

It’s now on youtube! I’ll see if it’s the one I remember. … It is, it is. … haven’t seen it since the early 1980s. I love that “illo”.

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Date: 23/11/2016 20:55:01
From: sibeen
ID: 985810
Subject: re: Dodo skeleton sold for $470,000

mollwollfumble said:


dv said:

mollwollfumble said:

Which episode was that!

I’ve been trying for ages to find that out. Do you remember the “illo” from this episode?

The episode was called Dodonuts

It’s now on youtube! I’ll see if it’s the one I remember. … It is, it is. … haven’t seen it since the early 1980s. I love that “illo”.

I loved the Goodies when I was a kid. I look at an episode now and find it entirely cringeworthy.

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Date: 23/11/2016 20:55:36
From: roughbarked
ID: 985811
Subject: re: Dodo skeleton sold for $470,000

mollwollfumble said:


dv said:

mollwollfumble said:

Which episode was that!

I’ve been trying for ages to find that out. Do you remember the “illo” from this episode?

The episode was called Dodonuts

It’s now on youtube! I’ll see if it’s the one I remember. … It is, it is. … haven’t seen it since the early 1980s. I love that “illo”.

Is that where he got his waistline?

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Date: 24/11/2016 09:27:38
From: mollwollfumble
ID: 985961
Subject: re: Dodo skeleton sold for $470,000

The dodo was the world’s biggest pigeon. The Dodo’s closest living relative is the Nicobar pigeon.

I doubt that there’s enough DNA in those bones to sequence, but one can always hope – the Neanderthal died out much earlier.

The Dodo’s closest extinct relative is the Reunion Solitaire. The Dodo and the Reunion Solitaire skeletons compared, not to scale.

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