For the fourth time the international dodo research team will depart to Mauritius. In this (dutch) weblog the expedition members share their experiences about working in the mud in the Mare aux Songes. In October last year the team found for the first time bones smaller than one millimeter. Since then the Mare aux Songes dodo collection is worlds most important dodo collection! The researchers are hoping to expand this collection with more discoveries.
But there is more: this year the team will for the first time dig in the dodo-polder itself. Last year we investigated 68 patato bags with fossil soil that was left over from the 2007 expedition, this year we will investigate exactly how the bones are laying in the ground. The way the bones are situated in the ground will tell us more on how the dodos died. Therefore the team will - layer after layer - dig and investigate the dodo-polder. Our biggest wish is of course to find a whole dodo skeleton. If we manage? Follow the weblog!
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