The fact is, is that the British Museum had a complete specimen of a dodo in their collection up until the 18th century -- it was actually mummified, skin and all -- but in a fit of space-saving zeal, they actually cut off the head and they cut off the feet and they burned the rest in a bonfire.
Britanski muzej je zapravo posjedovao čitavog dodoa u svojoj zbirci sve do 18. stoljeća. Bio je mumificiran, s kožom i svim, ali kako im je bilo jako važno uštedjeti na prostoru, tadašnji su djelatnici dodou odrezali glavu i noge, a ostatak spalili u krijesu.