Raphus cucullatus 12.5 x 3.5 cm Provenance: Swiss private collection `But who has won? This question the Dodo could not answer without a great deal of thought, and it sat for a long time with one finger pressed upon its forehead (the position in which you usually see Shakespeare, in the pictures of him), while the rest waited in silence. At last the Dodo said, `Everybody has won, and all must have prizes. Alice in Wonderland, 1865 When Portuguese sailors reached the island of Mauritius in 1507, they encountered a strange unknown species of bird which they named the Dodo. The Dodo grew to about one meter tall and weighed around 20 kilos. It had greyish plumage with small wings. Even though they looked like birds, Dodos were completely unable to fly. With the arrival of the Europeans and the animals they introduced, the dodo had new enemies and by 1690 they were completely extinct. There are only very few completely preserved dodo specimens in the world. There is a head and a foot in the Collection of the Oxford University Museum of National History. In 2016, the dodo genome was sequenced and there are individual efforts to consider a revival of the birds. This Dodo femur offered here is in very good condition and shows small cracks due to age. DODO KNOCHEN Raphus cucullatus 12.5 x 3.5 cm Provenienz: Schweizer Privatsammlung ?Aber wer hat gewonnen?“ Diese Frage konnte der Dodo nicht ohne tiefes Nachdenken beantworten, und er sa? lange mit einem Finger an die Stirn gelegt (die Stellung, in der ihr meistens Shakespeare in seinen Bildern seht), w?hrend die übrigen schweigend auf ihn warteten. Endlich sprach der Dodo: ?Jeder hat gewonnen, und Alle sollen Preise haben.“ Alice im Wunderland, 1865 Als Portugisische Seefahrer 1507 die Insel Mauritius erreichten, trafen sie dort auf eine merkwürdige unbekannte Vogelart, der sie den Namen Dodo gaben. Der Dodo wurde etwa einen Meter gross und wog um die 20 Kilo. Er besass ein gr?uliches Gefieder mit kleinen Flügeln. Auch wenn sie aussahen wie V?gel, waren Dodos komplett flugunf?hig. Mit dem Einzug der Europ?er und den von ihnen eingeführten Tieren, hatte der Dodo neue Feinde und um 1690 warer komplett ausgestorben. Es gibt weltweit nur sehr wenige komplett erhaltene Dodo-Stücke. In der Sammlung des Oxford University Museum of National History befinden sich ein Kopf und ein Fuss. 2016 wurde das Dodo-Genom sequenziert, und es gibt einzelne Bestrebungen, eine Wiederbelebung der V?gel in Betracht zu ziehen. Dieser hier angebotene Oberschenkelknochen ist in einem sehr guten Zustand und weist nur leichte Besch?digungen auf. Er wurde wohl um 1850 in der Mare aux Songes in einem Sumpfgebiet gefunden.notes:*
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