El Dodorado - The REAL Reason the Dodo Went Extinct

You think we made the dodo go extinct? Nah. If you want to get to the real historical truth of why the flightless bird went extinct, all you have to do is watch this animated short by ESMA students.  It will leave you in no doubt that the real reason behind the extinction of the dodo was just… well, that would be spoiling it.  Watch it for yourself. However, I must warn you that the video has a higher body count than the average Arnold Schwarzenegger film. Or the average Sylvester Stallone film for that matter. Or even the average Keanu Reeves film.  It’s messy. Gloriously, hilariously messy.

That this is a student film is remarkable in itself. What is perhaps worrying is that I can so easily imagine them gleefully storyboarding this film and coming up with the various and many  gruesome ways that the dodo drove itself to extinction that you will experience for yourself shortly.  The reprobates responsible are Talhia Brom, Emilie Cayre, Dorian Condelis, Solène Corral, Brice Girardin, Ghita Hsaine, Ambre Kerbrat, Adrien Lhabitant, and Héloïse Ogez. The music is by Clovis Schneider and the sound by Tristan Le Bozec, Yoann Poncet, and José Vicente. Together they make up part of the Class of 2024 at ESMA.  I hope they all survive much, much longer than their animated dodos!

Oh - and whoever thought up the name El Dodorado deserves an award.

Watch El Dodorado below: