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The dodo has become emblematic for extinction, as in the expression "as dead as the dodo." Humorist [[Will Cuppy]] wrote, jokingly:
The dodo has become emblematic for extinction, as in the expression "as dead as the dodo." Humorist [[Will Cuppy]] wrote, jokingly:
:The Dodo never had a chance. He seems to have been invented for the sole purpose of becoming extinct and that was all he was good for.<ref>Cuppy, Will, ''How to Become Extinct''</ref> Since all records indicate that dodo meat was tough and tasted bad and that the dodo wasn't particularly challenging to hunt, it may be so that the dodo was actually completely useless to humans.
:The Dodo never had a chance. He seems to have been invented for the sole purpose of becoming extinct and that was all he was good for.<ref>Cuppy, Will, ''How to Become Extinct''</ref>
Since all records indicate that dodo meat was tough and tasted bad and that the dodo wasn't particularly challenging to hunt, it may be so that the dodo was actually completely useless to humans.
A fictional dodo leads the Caucus-Race in [[Lewis Carroll]]'s book, [[Alice's Adventures in Wonderland]].<ref>Chapter III, "A Caucus-Race and a Long Tale</ref>; one of Tenniel's illustrations shows the Dodo presenting Alice with the prize of a thimble—her own thimble, as the Dodo had previously decided that Alice was responsible for providing the prizes. Carroll's depiction of the dodo is credited with reviving public interest in the bird as the book was released around the same time that dodo remains were being first discovered.
A fictional dodo leads the Caucus-Race in [[Lewis Carroll]]'s book, [[Alice's Adventures in Wonderland]].<ref>Chapter III, "A Caucus-Race and a Long Tale</ref>; one of Tenniel's illustrations shows the Dodo presenting Alice with the prize of a thimble—her own thimble, as the Dodo had previously decided that Alice was responsible for providing the prizes. Carroll's depiction of the dodo is credited with reviving public interest in the bird as the book was released around the same time that dodo remains were being first discovered.