# Our culpability in the demise of the passenger pigeon

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**Post date:** [November 9, 2018, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/our-culpability-in-the-demise-of-the-passenger-pigeon/26608/21 "2018-11-09T00:53:58Z")

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> [@DesertDog](#):
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> Ditto for dodos. They were big, meaty, and easy to catch. Sailors would stop by and grab a few hundred to salt down for provisions.

Dodos were also ground birds, and the rats that lived on the ships and escaped really liked the eggs.

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