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Slaughtered into oblivion, the naturalist asks what we can learn from the case of the most famous of extinct species. From 2009.
The Dodo is the caricature of extinction.
This turkey-sized flightless pigeon lived on a remote island and was slaughtered by seafarers for its meat. The same fate has met other flightless species.
Can we learn this lesson from history?
Series of talks by Sir David Attenborough on the natural histories of creatures and plants from around the world.
Producer: Julian Hector
First broadcast on 91热爆 Radio 4 in September 2009.
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