At the beginning of the 21st Century monsters still roam the remote, and sometimes not so remote, corners of our planet. It is our job to search for them. The Centre for Fortean Zoology [CFZ] is - we believe - the largest professional, scientific and full-time organisation in the world dedicated to cryptozoology - the study of unknown animals. Since 1992 the CFZ has carried out an unparalleled programme of research and investigation all over the world. Since 2009 we have been running the increasingly popular CFZ Blog Network, and although there has been an American branch of the CFZ for over ten years now, it is only now that it has a dedicated blog.
ARE ALL DODOS DEAD?
The word dodo is almost synonymous with extinction. "As dead as a dodo" is a not uncommon expression. The dodo was a large flightless pigeon found on the island of Mauritius. But it was not only reported from there.
An explorer called Cauche in the year 1638 mentioned an encounter with dodos on another island. This would seem to have been the Ile Tromelin in the Indian Ocean. If this is accurate, there is no record of dodos being wiped out here, so perhaps they still strut about on this southerly isle. There may even be dodos on other nearby islands.
Although the odd dodo in crepuscular conditions has been reported from Mauritius itself, these reports are likely to be mistaken.
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