Part one of three! Most people know only two things when it comes to the dodo: they were stupid, and now they are extinct.

Papier mache artisans in Srinagar revive extinct dodos, exporting thousands to Europe and Mauritius for Christmas.

Her team analysed slices of bone from 22 dodos under the microscope to find out more about the bird's growth and breeding patterns. "Before our study we knew very very little about these birds ...

It became extinct following the introduction of new predators by people. Dodos lived on Mauritius, an island in the Indian Ocean. The island was uninhabited and the birds had no natural predators.