The idea of a fat, flightless pigeon as the final Goofy Dinosaur might strike some as odd, but there's no denying the Dodo's goof, and the past 30 years have brought a series of discoveries that place birds squarely within the dinosaurian family tree.

Raphus cucullatus, like non-avian dinosaurs, is often synonymous with extinction. Easily captured by Portuguese sailors and European colonists, Raphus' extinction was hastened by the predation of its unprotected, single egged nests by imported pigs and rats. Hundreds of years later, it seems that the passing of the Dodo nearly took the Mauritian Calvaria tree down as well. The trees' seeds have incredibly thick hulls, and it seems likely that the seeds needed to be subjected to the rigors of avian digestion in order to sprout. Recently, some seeds were fed to turkeys, and after passing through became the first of their kind to sprout in centuries.

Although Raphus will never again grace the earth, dinosaurs continue to diversify in rates that make mammals pale in comparison. A previous Goofy Dino, "Yingshanosaurus", assured us that Goofy Dinosaurs will continue to be discovered; Raphus points out that Goofy Dinosaurs will continue to evolve. Even though humanity's efforts brought the Dodo to extinction, its close relatives thrive in our presence and will most likely be looking for bread crumbs long after we are gone.