Scientists Find Preserved Dodo Bird Bones

nz17 writes "BBC News is reporting that a team of Dutch and Mauritian scientists have found what appears to be a mass dodo bird grave. From the article: 'Little is known about the dodo, a famous flightless bird thought to have become extinct in the 17th century. No complete skeleton has ever been found in Mauritius, and the last full set of bones was destroyed in a fire at a museum in Oxford, England, in 1755.'"

Christmas

[JamesD_UK]

Just in time for the discovery of turkey remains tomorrow!

Clearly from the Designer

[XMilkProject]

This was clearly planted by an Intelligent Designer to challenge our faith.

Huh

[josteos]

I didn't know SCO was headquartered on Mauritius.....

Well

[Anonymous Coward]

Take that DNA, clone those fuckers, raise 'em on a farm, and sell me some Dodo McNuggets!

Re:SEND IN THE CLONES!!!

[Anonymous Coward]

I look forward to the day when cloning of long-extinct species becomes profitable. Mmm...mammoth burgers and dodo hot wings...

Re:Well

[ringworlder]

Another article says that the Dutch named them for tasting very bad. Although, with McNuggets, that might not be far off...

Double-take.

[Captain Scurvy]

Am I the only one who saw "Preserved Doo-doo bones" and thought, "What kind of horrific creature has excrement so large that it needs its own internal bone structure?"

Re:SEND IN THE CLONES!!!

[jamesg123]

I'm not sure it's worth the risk. They might escape and run amok in downtown New York.

Re:Not what I thought this was

[ari_j]

Well, let me stoke your interest a bit. They found life on Mars long ago, but have kept it under wraps. It's all part of a vast right-wing conspiracy. Apollo 18 was not canceled, it was rather simply rescheduled and sent to Mars by President Reagan. When they arrived, the cosmonauts (American astronauts could not be trusted to keep it a secret, whereas Russians would never be believed when they returned, anyhow) found many fairly recent decaying dodo bird corpses. It turns out that they never went extinct - they were just banished to Mars by Napoleon. But the conservative whack-jobs running our country and all of its media have covered it up.

I'd like to tell you more, but there's someone at the door.

Re:Well

[YrWrstNtmr]

In all my life, I've eaten no animal meat...

That's OK. I'll make up for your share.

Re:Well

[tomhudson]

Still, I would like to eat one just to add it to my list of animals whose flesh I have made part of myself. So far I have eaten cow, pig, chicken, duck, deer, reindeer, whale, kangaroo, pigeon, cornish hen, and ostrich. I need to eat more!

Just eat a cheap hotdog - you'll be able to add all sorts of organic flesh to your list with every bite.

The Far Side

[Anonymous Coward]

Unbeknownst to most ornithologists, the dodo was actually a very advanced species, living alone quite peacefully until, in the 17th century, it was annihilated by men, rats, and dogs. As usual [google.com]

Re:"To challenge our faith"? More like a flood

[commodoresloat]

Now this flood deal, the science of Waterworld aside, where did all that water go?

Intelligent flushing?

ive figured it out

[Gravis Zero]

it seems the mystery is solved! the dodo birds all jointed together in a giant cult and then drank the koolaide! i should have suspected.

Re:I live in Mauritius. Messy situation recently

[Anonymous Coward]

Mauritian, eh?

Let me be the first to say:

TA PILON!

Netcraft.

[ilikejam]

Netcraft confirms it. Dodos.....