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The Dodo

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Last broadcast on Sun, 6 Sep 2009, 08:50 on BBC Radio 4 (see all broadcasts).

Synopsis

Series of talks by Sir David Attenborough on the natural histories of creatures and plants from around the world.

The dodo is the caricature of extinction. This turkey-sized flightless pigeon lived on a remote island and was slaughtered by seafarers for its meat. The same fate has met other flightless species. Can we learn this lesson from history?

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  1. Fri 4 Sep 2009
    20:50
  2. Sun 6 Sep 2009
    08:50

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