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TikTok users were hopeful about the extinct bird dodo returning to life when they stumbled on a video that claimed an explorer by the name of Daniel Cruz had caught the last of the species on camera. But you will be left empty-handed at the end of the narration.
Dodo, which lived on the small island of Mauritius, is said to have gone extinct sometime in the 17th century. Scientists believe there are tons of technical challenges they need to overcome before thinking of bringing the bird back to life by sequencing its genome and this still sounds plausible as opposed to what the TikTok story claims.
Legend of ‘last dodo caught on camera’ by Daniel Cruz
Multiple TikTok videos narrate the story of Daniel Cruz the Explorer discovering the last living Dodo, and it sounds just like a fictional plot ripped straight out of a television show or movie.
The story goes, that Daniel was on an exploration when he found an old railroad track and decided to follow it.
He walked along the track for half an hour and had almost given up when he saw a warehouse in the distance. As he neared the building he came across a sign that read: “Property of the United States government. No trespassing.”
However, Daniel still chose to enter the property by ignoring the warning sign and kept walking until he stood before an “old and rusty” door. It opened to a badly lit room and the place looked abandoned.
When he walked down the hallway he stumbled into another room and the text on its door read: “Birds inside. Keep the door closed.” But, Daniel being the adventurous man that he was, entered the room to witness the unimaginable.
The video will leave you disappointed
Daniel’s curiosity got the best of him and he ended up opening the door that wasn’t supposed to be unlocked. He then entered the room to see a “real-life dodo bird” that was “standing in front of him.”
He couldn’t believe his eyes and couldn’t stop wondering why the government allegedly kept the existence of the bird a secret, so he decided to get it on camera.
Now, we think it’s important for you to know that there are different versions of the same story on TikTok but they all conclude similarly.
The viral video ends by claiming Daniel released the pictures and videos of the last dodo on the Internet and they went viral quickly. Although there’s no truth to it, the voiceover urges viewers to share the link to the original video followed by a few more instructions, which falsely claim to show you the images of the real bird.
Several users who watched the video until the end in the hopes of seeing the dodo were only disappointed because the instructions that came along with it didn’t produce the result it promised.
Scientists on bringing the extinct bird back to life
By overcoming numerous hurdles, scientists think bringing dodo back to life may not be entirely impossible.
It starts with studying the genetic composition of the bird to understand what made the dodo act like a dodo.
Beth Shapiro from the Genomics Institute at the University of California, Santa Cruz, told BBC Wildlife:
“One would also need to figure out how to make those genetic changes, which are surely more than a few, in the types of cells that are destined to become a living animal.”
In addition to the technicalities of biology, scientists also need to “solve all of the normal problems associated with captive breeding and husbandry of a species that no longer exists.”
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