Collector Sells Rare Dodo Bird Skeleton

Collector Sells Rare Dodo Skeleton at Auction! Auction is in November.

-350 year old dodo bird skeleton
-The Dodo was run to extinction within 70 years when humans inhabited the island of Mauritius in 1598.
-Pieced together by a private collector over the course of 40 years.
-This nearly full skeleton of a dodo bird is only missing a part of the skull and 1 set of claws which were reconstructed in resin.
-It was put together from the bones of numerous dodo birds
-There are 11 mostly complete Dodo skeletons in the world all of which belong to museums.
-Expected to sell for over $600,000
-The high price tag is due to the fact that Mauritius, the island off the coast of madagascar that the Dodo was endemic to, has put a ban of the exportation of Dodo bones.

Sources:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3758459/Rare-dodo-skeleton-worth-500-000-350-year-old-bones-extinct-bird-one-complete-specimens-world.html

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