Not strictly. I'm really interested in medieval seafaring, particularly the social aspect of life on board. In a lot of diaries of the time, it was widely known and reported that dodo meat was tough and tasted nasty.
The reason they were hunted to extinction is because of sailors' desperation for fresh meat. Meat doesn't last long on board ship (particularly at those latitudes). Often, livestock were transported on the journey, to be slaughtered periodically. But trips were often underestimated and the supply of livestock inevitably ran out.
is it normal that i wonder what Do-Do birds taste like
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Not strictly. I'm really interested in medieval seafaring, particularly the social aspect of life on board. In a lot of diaries of the time, it was widely known and reported that dodo meat was tough and tasted nasty.
The reason they were hunted to extinction is because of sailors' desperation for fresh meat. Meat doesn't last long on board ship (particularly at those latitudes). Often, livestock were transported on the journey, to be slaughtered periodically. But trips were often underestimated and the supply of livestock inevitably ran out.