December 24, 2005
SCRATCH AN EXTINCTION, FIND AN INTELLIGENT DESIGN:
Scientists find 'mass dodo grave' (BBC, 12/24/05)
Scientists have discovered the "beautifully preserved" bones of about 20 dodos at a dig site in Mauritius.Posted by Orrin Judd at December 24, 2005 9:12 AMLittle is known about the dodo, a famous flightless bird thought to have become extinct in the 17th century. [...]
The dodo was mocked by Portuguese and Dutch colonialists for its size and apparent lack of fear of armed, hungry hunters.
It took its name from the Portuguese word for "fool", and was hunted to extinction within 200 years of Europeans landing on Mauritius.
The real dodos were the Portugese, who hunted it to extinction rather than breed it as a domestic foodcrop.
Posted by: Robert Duquette at December 24, 2005 11:10 AM"The real dodos were the Portugese, who hunted it to extinction rather than breed it as a domestic foodcrop."
Maybe it was not good eating.
Posted by: Robert Schwartz at December 24, 2005 2:50 PMWow! Someone slaughtered DemoRats and buried them in a mass grave? Who knew!
Posted by: obc at December 24, 2005 5:13 PMActually, there is a theory that the Dodo populations were decimated by their eggs being eaten by animals introduced by Europeans.
And I hear their meat was lousy for eating, Robert.
Wekll, they should have kept them for eggs then.
Posted by: Robert Duquette at December 25, 2005 11:20 AMUmm, what does this have to do with Intelligent Design? Nothing.
What does this have to do with intelligent design? Nothing.
It has to do with one group of intelligent agents hunting another group of intelligent agents.
Posted by: creeper at December 25, 2005 4:45 PMExactly my point. The defense moves for a directed verdict.
Posted by: oj at December 25, 2005 5:04 PM