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The dodo bird went extinct in the 1600s, and environmentalists blame human activity for this extinction. In fact, numerous species go extinct every decade with or without human activity.
The dodo bird went extinct in the 1600s, and environmentalists blame human activity for this extinction. In fact, numerous species go extinct every decade with or without human activity.
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>
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