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And The Winner Is…….The Dodo!

And The Winner Is…….The Dodo!

In our recent poll you voted to bring the dodo back from extinction. With 451 votes the determined dodo managed to beat dinosaurs, the woolly mammoth and the sabre-toothed tiger!

Dodos were large, flightless, birds that lived on Mauritius, an island in the Indian Ocean. They went extinct a few hundred years ago. Luckily, there’s a character out there who agrees that the world would be better with dodos….

Meet Leni. She’s bird mad. So when two scientists arrive on her island home to try to de-extinct the dodo, she jumps at the chance to help. But Benny Shoober, the Sugar King, hates birds and loves growing sugar. He’s determined that the dodo will be a no-show…

Or, if you want to learn more about extinct and endangered animals, join Detective Danny Dodo on his mission to find the word’s missing animals.


Over the years, thousands of amazing animals have disappeared. Where did they go? What happened to them? And why did they vanish? It’s Danny’s job to find out—and he needs readers to help him!

Missed the poll? Don’t worry you can vote in our new poll here!

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