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Dodo skeleton sells for £280,000 at auction

A near-complete skeleton of a dodo has been sold at auction for £280,000.
The bones of the extinct, flightless bird were sold at Summers Place Auctions, in Billingshurst, West Sussex, to a private collector.
The remains were compiled by a dodo enthusiast over four decades until he had enough bones to create a 95% complete skeleton.
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