Artist's impression of the dodo. Wikimedia Commons
THE dodo, a flightless bird about the size of a male turkey, boasted a long, hooked beak and a goofy charm reminiscent of an emperor penguin.
Its ancestors appeared on Earth over 25 million years ago. But by 1662, human actions led to its extinction on Mauritius, a remote island in the Indian Ocean where it had existed.
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