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Similarly, the phrase "to go the way of the dodo" means to become extinct or obsolete, to fall out of common usage or practice, or to become a thing of the past. [151] "Dodo" is also a slang term for a stupid, dull-witted person, as it was said to be stupid and easily caught. [152] [153] [154]
Dodo [1] 1690 Réunion Sheldgoose; Mascarene Teal; 18th century. c. 1700 Elephant Bird [1] ... List of extinct bird species since 1500; Lists of extinct animals;
The Rodrigues solitaire (Pezophaps solitaria) is an extinct flightless bird that was endemic to the island of Rodrigues, east of Madagascar in the Indian Ocean. Genetically within the family of pigeons and doves, it was most closely related to the also extinct dodo of the nearby island Mauritius, the two forming the subfamily Raphinae.
A collaboration between Colossal Biosciences and conservationists plans to bring back the extinct dodo and reintroduce it to its once-native habitat in Mauritius.
The CIA is funding a mission to reincarnate the long-extinct dodo bird. Here's how it will work—and why the mission matters.
Colossal Biosciences has already announced plans to bring back to life the woolly mammoth and Tasmanian tiger
It was declared extinct in 1914, upon the death of the last known survivor of the species, Martha, at the Cincinnati Zoo, 20 years after the species became extinct in the wild. [27] The passenger pigeon is one of the few recently extinct bird species that has been proposed for "de-extinction".
They’ve heard the Jurassic Park jokes plenty of times but their end goals couldn’t be further from that.