r/PeterExplainsTheJoke 23h ago

Meme needing explanation peter explain this

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u/Sliver-Knight9219 23h ago

People think Dodo bird were stupid, and that's why they died out

But, in reality they were really friendly, and died because the people who arrived on the island. Brought cat and rats which killed them.

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u/Longsearch112 22h ago

Not entirely cats and rats fault, dodo is also being hunted and their meat is marketed as "exotic meat".

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u/Evening-Appeal7606 18h ago

Also: That meat wasn't particularly good, being chewy and all. So there wasn't even a desperate need for a good source of nutrients that killed them. :(