Researchers are setting out to challenge our misconceptions about the Dodo, one of the most well-known but poorly understood species of bird.
    • ninjabard@lemmy.world
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      3 months ago

      The Dodo (and its “cousin”) were wiped out before they could be correctly taxonomically classified. Using writings that go back to the 1500s, and the few samples that have survived, avian paleontologists have classified them in the same family as doves and pigeons. Writings show evidence that the idea of “Dumb as a Dodo” about a slow bird predestined for extinction is also incorrect.

      • riodoro1@lemmy.world
        2·
        3 months ago

        Usually when people call something besides themselves dumb is incorrect. And in fact… dumb.