, says it will pursue the de-extinction of the iconic bird, using funds from a Series B funding round that injected another $150 million into the company.“The Dodo is a prime example of a species that became extinct because we—people—made it impossible for them to survive in their native habitat,” says Beth Shapiro Ph.D., a board member on Colossal's Scientific Advisory Board and lead paleogeneticist on the project.
Dodos formerly lived on the island of Mauritius, near Madagascar in the Indian Ocean. They were a little over three feet tall and weighed up to 39 pounds. While there are plenty of drawings of the flightless birds, little is known about them.
What if we discover dodo tastes amazing (why they went extinct) and we just add them to the menu at chik fila