The First Explorers of Dodo Island: Discovery & Extinction of the Dodo Bird
On this episode of The First Explorers: the story of Mauritius Island & the Dodo Bird’s extinction is one of the wildest, most unhinged stories I’ve ever dug into. I tracked down the 400 year old English translations of the original Dutch explorers of Mauritius Island—to piece together the 100 year collapse of the island & disappearance of, not only the Dodo Bird, but 11 other species...
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