Dumb as a Dodo - or was the extinct flightless bird actually smart?

EUGENIA GOLD is an Assistant Professor in the Biology Department of Suffolk University Boston, USA and currently a postdoctoral researcher & instructor in the Department of Anatomical Sciences. Eugenia has researched the extinct Dodo by analyzing its brain to determine its intelligence.

MARK from Evolution Soup talks to Eugenia about all things Dodo - including its closest living relative, history of its interaction with humans, and myths surrounding why it went extinct.

dodo #evolution #extinct #birds

Original video interview: https://youtu.be/iF9TqizZjjw

LINKS FOR EUGENIA GOLD:
SITE: https://www.eugenia-gold.me/

Twitter: @drneurosaurus

Children's Book 'She Found Fossils':

Amazon US: https://amzn.to/2YR2rcP
Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/3fLFuhJ

Twitter: @shefoundfossils

Bilingual blog for kids (English and Español): DrNeurosaurus http://www.drneurosaurus.com/

Suffolk University Boston: https://www.suffolk.edu/

Sketchfab (3D dodo skeleton & more)
https://www.suffolk.edu/

Boston Science Museum: https://www.mos.org/

New England Aquarium: https://www.neaq.org/

Official Mauritius Tourism Site: https://www.tourism-mauritius.mu/

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Dodo cartoon: https://www.chrismadden.co.uk/

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