C2164 Extinct Delicious (2/2)
Sir Samuel's eyes lit up. ”My dear Führer, do you know the name of the Tupperbird?”
How could Xiao Letian not know of this species that was extinct by humans?
In the western part of the Indian Ocean, on the eastern side of Madagascar's main island, there was a series of islands called the Muslin Islands.
The first ones to discover this place were the Dutch s. They came to this treasure island on the Indian Ocean in the 15th century, and it was also at that time that the dodo, this unique species, appeared in front of the people.
Before the fifteenth century, there were still many dodo on the island. However, ever since the European colonists settled down here, not only did they bring pigs, dogs, monkeys, rats and other animals to prey on the eggs and young birds of dodo, they also began to cut down large areas of the forest and to hunt down the fresh and tender taste of the dodo, which eventually led to its extinction around 1690.
There was a period of time when European high-class society's most popular food on the table was charcoal barbecue dodo. These kinds of large birds, nicknamed pigeons, were simply unable to fly and had no offensive abilities. It was just too easy to capture.
In addition, the meat of these birds was indeed very fresh and tender, so it quickly became a hot topic throughout Europe.
The fearless hunting of humans, in addition to the new species destroying the originally fragile ecological chain, destroyed the living environment of dodo that originally had no natural enemies.
The specific time of the dodo's extinction was hard to prove, but it was generally acknowledged as reliable in the academic world. In other words, by 1869, the dodo had already disappeared from Earth for more than 170 years.
”I never thought that I would actually be fortunate enough to see a real dodo. This is unbelievable!”
Sir Samuel clapped his hands and said, ”The Attendant outside has pushed in an iron cage with wheels. Inside the cage, there are two living dodo looking at the humans outside in fear.”
”Indeed, the Mauritius could not find any more dodo, but during one of my explorations, my ship found a nameless island 500 miles to the south that had never been marked on the map before …”
”Where is it? I've found the last 24 dodo in the world and captured them all. I offer them to the almighty Queen!”
At this point in time, the Queen's vanity had expanded immensely. Looking at the guests in front of her with an inconceivable expression, the powerful scene of British Empire was sure to strike deep into their hearts.
The Queen stood up from her seat and waited for her to speak. The proud Queen smiled and said, ”Maybe this is a gift from God for this exchange between East and West! For the guests who have come from far away, for the journey of breaking through the ice in the Eastern Western Civilization for thousands of years, the omnipotent God has performed a miracle! ”
”God has given us the best food, the Blessed One! ”Now, let us invite our honored guests to have a taste of the first bite. Esteemed Emperor and Head of State, please enjoy …”
Attendant handed over a silver knife and fork to Zai Chun and Xiao Letian while wearing a white glove, and a huge grilled dodo was placed in front of them.
Zai Chun was stirred up by the explorer's introduction, he was eager to try and use his blade, but when he was selecting his most fat place, he suddenly realized that his master who was holding onto his knife and fork was not moving at all.
He was in a daze!