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This Famous Dodo Didn't Just Die—It Was Murdered | Nat Geo Wild
New analysis of one of the best preserved specimens of the extinct animal shows it was shot in the head. ➡ Subscribe: http://bit.ly/NatGeoWILDSubscribe About Nat Geo Wild: Welcome to a place so wild, anything can happen. Nat Geo Wild is the network all about animals from National Geographic, where every story is an adventure and your imagination is allowed to run wild. Get More Nat Geo Wild: Official Site: http://bit.ly/NatGeoWILD Facebook: http://bit.ly/NGWFacebook Twitter: http://bit.ly/NGWTwitter Instagram: http://bit.ly/NGWInstagram Scientists uncovered the gruesome demise of the only known dodo specimen to contain soft tissue. While conducting scans to learn about its physiology, lead shot pellets were detected in the back of its skull. Popularly known as the Oxford Dodo, the bird was previously thought to have lived in a 17th-century London townhouse. Once native to Mauritius, dodos are one of the most iconic examples of human-caused extinction—they were last seen alive in 1662. This Famous Dodo Didn't Just Die—It Was Murdered | Nat Geo Wild https://youtu.be/14YIVuon9aM Nat Geo Wild https://www.youtube.com/user/NatGeoWild

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