"It does have to suck for the dodo, being the slang term for dumbasses everywhere. But I guess birds kind of get it all the time for that. Boobies. Titmice. (Titmouses?) Geese, who I'm assured are silly. Hell, almost every male bird is called a cock. Can't be good for the old birdie self esteem."
They'd wandered into another exhibit while he was talking. The daily life of all manner of creatures in North America surrounded them in placard form. "I don't know if we can outdo brontosaurus. I think it comes from the Latin for completely rad."