Sunday, June 22, 2008

A Dodo's Guide to Surviving Extinction


Here is the complete "A Dodo's Guide to Surviving Extinction" in 8 parts.
(after watching one slide click on >> for the following part)
It is a bit ironic to take advise from a bird that is already extinct.
Anyway,
When Dutch sailors arrived on the island of Mauritius in 1602 they were greeted by an unknown, turkey-sized flightless bird. They called it 'Dodo'. Then they tried eating it. Within 80 years the Dodo was gone. The first celebrity extinction, notorious for its non-existence, the Dodo was the first animal to be so effortlessly wiped out by the interference of humans. Now more species than ever are threatened. If other animals are to avoid the Dodo's fate they would do well to learn from its experience and to follow 'A Dodo's Guide to Surviving Extinction'.

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