The Oxford Museum of Natural History - Dodgson would have taken Alice and her sisters here often. Unfortunately the stuffed Dodo that the museum had held long after the bird's extinction was found to have lice in the 1770's - so it was burnt (lest the lice infest other valuable specimens in the Museum), all except its feet and head, which were mummified for posterity. Shame!
Sunday, November 27, 2005
The Oxford Museum of Natural History - Dodgson would have taken Alice and her sisters here often. Unfortunately the stuffed Dodo that the museum had held long after the bird's extinction was found to have lice in the 1770's - so it was burnt (lest the lice infest other valuable specimens in the Museum), all except its feet and head, which were mummified for posterity. Shame!
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