Dodo bones rise from swamp

Two bones from the foot of a dodo, the huge flightless bird that went extinct in the Dutch colony of Mauritius c.1690, were offered in Sworders’ (25% buyer’s premium) most recent Out of the Ordinary sale.

These are from a group of dodo bones discovered in 1885 during the investigation of the Mare aux So…

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