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Letter: Will roast dodo be back on the menu?

Published 31 July 2024

From Charles Joynson, Rayleigh, Essex, UK

Bringing back the dodo might have commercial implications because it was apparently tasty to eat. I can imagine meat producers being interested in an edible bird twice the size of a turkey, especially if its growth or reproduction rates could be tweaked (15 June, p 40).

Issue no. 3502 published 3 August 2024

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