A rare, almost complete skeleton of a dodo is set to be sold at auction.
The composite of the extinct bird was put together in the early 2000s and is 95% complete, missing only a part of the skull and one set of claws. It is believed to be first composite skeleton pieced together since the early 20th century.
The item is expected to fetch a six-figure sum when it goes under the hammer at Summers Place Auctions, West Sussex, in November.
Rupert van der Werff, Summers Place Auctions director, told Sky News: "We got a telephone call out of the blue from somebody saying they had the skeleton of a dodo and we didn't really quite believe it. It turned out that he amassed it over quite a few decades and it is just extraordinary."
The dodo, which only lived in Mauritius, was first seen by Dutch sailors in 1598 but became extinct within 70 years. They were about 1m tall and it has been suggested that they would have weighed between 10kg and 20kg.
