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New Secrets of the Dodo Revealed
The dodo has long been the butt of terribly nerdy jokes. That's because, as far as prehistoric animals go, it was an incredible failure. Flightless, awkwardly plump, and very extinct, the dodo drew the short end of the evolutionary stick several times over. Now 3D modeling of a complete dodo skeleton can tell us a little bit more about what this bird was like.
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