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But is lab-grown meat really likely to put mammoths, dodos and other exotica on the menu?
From Salon ● Apr. 11, 2023
Dr. Malcolm pointed into the corner at the dodos, who were pecking intently at bits of barbed wire and pieces of wood, crying, “Doo! Doo!” in what sounded like great excitement.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 3, 2023
The concept is still in an early theoretical stage for dodos.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 31, 2023
The other drawing was of two birds that looked like dodos.
From New York Times ● Apr. 24, 2022
All were amazed at this demonstration, and at the sight of the baby dodos, too, for everyone knew that dodos were long extinct.
From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood
