Unsolved ancient mystery

For many people the island of Mauritius in the Indian Ocean means one __________: a tropical paradise.

But for scientists, it __________ the heart of an age-old mystery:the mystery of the dodo.

There are so many stories that __________ this bird, which could not fly

that is difficult to separate fact from __________.

The dodo was one of the most famous birds of all __________, yet we know very little about it.

Within a few years of being discovered it had ceased to __________ and there are not many good eye-witness reports that describe it.

It __________ in Mauritius, but after its discovery in the late sixteenth century

the dodo was __________ around the world as a curiosity, a flightless bird which attracted and fascinated everyone who saw it.

But some birds occasionally suffered a worse __________.

They were cooked and eaten by starving sailors who __________ across dodos when they landed on the island.

There are __________ from seventeenth century which record sightings of the bird in its island home and beyond.

However, nobody can be really __________ about the history of dodo and

uncovering the truth is never going to __________ easy.