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The dodo is usually depicted as a slow, dim-witted, goofy-looking bird, a total evolutionary loser. But what if, for all these centuries, the dodo bird has just been misunderstood?

So when a blue and gold macaw named Hendrix started going viral for his explicit vocabulary, it felt like the most on-brand ...

The researchers have commented on how the behaviour of the new species has a striking resemblance to the dodo. The ...