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Last living relative of the dodo spotted in remote rainforest
short by Swati Dubey / on Wednesday, 31 December, 2025
Samoa Conservation Society has confirmed sightings of critically endangered manumea, or little dodo, in remote rainforest areas, the first in over a decade. Scientifically known as Didunculus strigirostris, it is the sole surviving member of its genus and a close relative of the extinct dodo. Conservationists describe it as a living fossil, warning that its loss would erase a lineage.
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