Dodo

Dodo

“I’ve been awash in dodo mythology since I was 17 or 18,” Winchester said of the extinct flightless bird. “I studied geology at Oxford. To get to my lectures, we would pass the case with the dodo.” Winchester adds that our fascination with the dodo “tells a lot about our attitude toward creatures, science, mythology, literature—an awful lot is wrapped up in it.” This skull is not part of Dudley’s collection. If it were, says Winchester, “he’d be in a lot of trouble.”