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World Service,29 Oct 2010,10 mins

Death of the Dodo

Witness History

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First discovered on the Indian Ocean island of Mauritius in the late 16th Century - the Dodo had been wiped-out within a few decades. But what led to its extinction? Using contemporary accounts from sailors and naturalists, Witness investigates.

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