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Puzzle ID: #31572
Submitted By: FreddyPharkas Corrected By: FreddyPharkas
Submitted By: FreddyPharkas Corrected By: FreddyPharkas
Riddle
Riddles are little poems or phrases that pose a question that needs answering. Riddles frequently rhyme, but this is not a requirement.Riddle
I hailed from the Isle of Mauritius,
I liked people though they were malicious,
soon I was but one,
then totally gone,
my demise was so terribly pernicious.
I liked people though they were malicious,
soon I was but one,
then totally gone,
my demise was so terribly pernicious.
Hint
If only I'd said "Please don't. Don't!"Answer
I was the dodo, a flightless bird hunted to extinction around the late seventeenth or early eighteenth century.I am one of at least 784 known species of animals to have become extinct since the year 1500, but many more may have passed unnoticed. Many estimates suggest huge numbers, as many as 50% of all species, will be extinct in just 100 years time.
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