Extinct (2001 TV series)
British television series from 2001
Extinct was a Channel 4 TV series, that originally aired between 25 September to 30 October 2001. There were 6 episodes.
Episodes
1. Dodo
This episode recounts how the dodo became extinct. It starts with the introduction of people on the island of Mauritius. Animals are soon introduced that make life harder for the already endangered dodos. The settlers even tried to eat a dodo, but it was too chewy and tasted horrible. The episode explains how the dodo bred as well and recreates a flock of them eating fruit and snails, however, overhunting and competition with pigs, dogs, macaques, goats, rats, and cats finally destroyed the dodo forever.
2. Sabre-tooth cat
The episode commences at the La Brea Tar Pits in California, USA. Hundreds of bones from sabre-tooth cats (also known as Smilodon) and other animals are shown and the process of how they became stuck in the tar is explained.
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