Maybe something else in there too, .a flashlight, or torch? 50 years? Their new generations, who will step into roles for them, how well are they groomed? Or do they just go by age-old maxims that they expect will keep working, pervading all their successes and sometimes follies, knowing people don’t change, suckers keep being born, and adversaries can be dealt with the typical ways, subsequently mocked and destroyed in the next version of history? But is it NOT possible that they could get TOO CONFIDENT? Could they one day se rise to something that they, in the current power-drunk state didn’t see coming, and their response is too little, and tables are turned, where they become the target of the mocking? Hope is ALWAYS in the box, my friend. can they, at this point, see EVERYTHING going back to the beginning of their project to now? Are their eyes and minds that proficient, and are their secrets that critical and that well-kept? Or is it more a ‘us now’ focus, where the true truth has NO MEANING, their deception mechanisms render it null and void, not even a thing? Can they/do they .watch and know every honest, righteous, young/bold potential leader or budding movement that may rise to threaten them? Or do they think, ‘nobody can threaten us, we’re too strong, and we’ll show you where necessary? But are any of them functional in roles for more than say. Question is, all these devil’s helpers out there – forever bent on total control of our embattled planet. Top image: Illustration by John Tensile of the Dodo from Lewis Carroll’s “Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.” Source: Archivist / Adobe Stock The possible revival of the dodo, a species synonymous with extinction, could be the much-needed symbol of hope for envisioning a brighter future. While some criticize de-extinction as “fairytale science,” these initiatives raise awareness, and funding, for threatened species and research into conservation efforts. This would be the company's first bird revival, following previous plans to revive the woolly mammoth. Inspired by the dodo’s role as poster child of human driven extinction, Texas-based gene editing company Colossal Biosciences announced in January 2023 that they plan to bring back the dead-as-a-dodo bird through ancient DNA sequencing, gene editing, and synthetic biology. Dodos were also slow to reproduce, laying only one egg at a time, making them extra vulnerable.īeth Shapiro and Ben Lamm announced plans to resurrect the iconic dodo, or Raphus cucullatus, which was last spotted in the 17th century. Scientists believe dodos disappeared due to over-hunting, invasive species and habitat destruction. Legend has it that the dodo represented the author himself because, due to his stammer, he would introduce himself as “do-do-dodgeson.”Ĭarroll’s dodo brought attention to the first recognized human-induced extinction. A frequent visitor of the Oxford Museum of Natural History, home to the only dodo soft tissue in existence - the Oxford Dodo – Dodgson included the Dodo in his celebrated Alice's Adventures in Wonderland in 1865. Lewis Carroll, to thank for popularizing the dodo. ( Oxford University Museum of Natural History ) Unfortunately, blaming victims for their own mistreatment and untimely demise has been a recurring pattern in colonial history.īelieve it or not, but these mummified dodo remains, on display at the Oxford Museum of Natural History, were the inspiration behind Alice in Wonderland’s Dodo character. Sadly, they had no fear of humans and couldn't escape hungry Portuguese sailors who nicknamed them doudo, meaning stupid.Īfter fascinating visitors, the last living dodo was spotted at the end of the 1600s, so much so that during the 18th century the dodo was considered an idiotic fictional creature, populating the pages of mythology much like unicorns and mermaids. Without any natural predators, they evolved to be big, heavy and flightless – up to a meter (3.3 ft) tall and 20 kilos (44 lbs) in weight. With limited remains and unscientific descriptions and drawings found in ship logs, scientists aren't sure what they really looked like. Thought to have originated millions of years ago in Southeast Asia, after sea levels rose the dodo existed in isolation.ĭodos are mysterious creatures. The dodo was a flightless forest bird, much like a giant ground pigeon, endemic to Mauritius off East Africa, an island with no human settlement prior to the arrival of the Portuguese in the 1500s. First recorded by European explorers in Mauritius, the trusting dodo garnered a reputation as a bumbling fool and was extinct within a century of its discovery. Have you ever wondered where the phrase “dead as a dodo” comes from? Used to describe something obsolete, unimportant and unquestionably dead, the saying was inspired by the sad story of the long-dead dodo.
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