Was the Dodo Actually Smart? ~ with EUGENIA GOLD
Channel: Evolution Soup
Date: 2020-06-20

Dumb as a Dodo - or was the extinct flightless bird actually smart?

EUGENIA GOLD  is an Assistant Professor in the Biology Department of Suffolk University
Boston, USA and currently a postdoctoral researcher & instructor in the Department of Anatomical Sciences. Eugenia has researched the extinct Dodo by analyzing its brain to determine its intelligence.

MARK from Evolution Soup talks to Eugenia about all things Dodo - including its closest living relative, history of its interaction with humans, and myths surrounding why it went extinct. 

#dodo #evolution #extinct #birds


LINKS FOR EUGENIA GOLD:

SITE: https://www.eugenia-gold.me/

Twitter: @drneurosaurus

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Children's Book 'She Found Fossils':

Amazon US: https://amzn.to/2YR2rcP
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Twitter: @shefoundfossils


Bilingual blog for kids (English and Español): DrNeurosaurus http://www.drneurosaurus.com/

Suffolk University Boston: https://www.suffolk.edu/

Sketchfab (3D dodo skeleton & more) https://sketchfab.com/

Boston Science Museum: https://www.mos.org/

New England Aquarium: https://www.neaq.org/

Official Mauritius Tourism Site: https://www.tourism-mauritius.mu/

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Dodo cartoon: https://www.chrismadden.co.uk/

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