A Whisperpedia reading about the dodo, an extinct bird from the island of Mauritius. 

Here are some questions that will be addressed as I read to you about the dodo :

• What bird is the closest living relative to the dodo?
• How tall was the dodo?
• Was it really unable to fly?
• Was it really a fat and clumsy bird?
• What is the origin of the word “dodo”
• Why did humans hunt the dodo?
• When did the dodo become extinct?
• What factors contributed to their extinction?
• What famous children’s book features a dodo bird?
• Why are there some genes named after the dodo?
• And I will finish by reading a short poem about the dodo.

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Resource for this episode: Wikipedia article, “Dodo”