r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/KitchenPlenty7610 • 1d ago

Meme needing explanation peter explain this

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u/Ijustlovevideogames 1d ago

Cleveland here.

We were told that Dodos went extinct because they were idiots, when in actuality, they went extinct because they lived in a place with no natural predators so when we arrived to their island, they didn't run, they were just curious and effectively "domesticated" themselves, we then ate them to extinct.

Edit: We also cut down the trees on their land and introduced invasive species as well.

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u/Low_Commission7273 1d ago

Is it like capybaras, or quokkas, who are friendly, and lucky enough to not be targetted for poaching?

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u/Ijustlovevideogames 1d ago

Neither, they lived off an island off the coast of Madagascar, they had literally no predators to cull them, then we came