Talk:Tambalacoque

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It would appear to me trivial that this tree is the one upon which Gerald Durrell's book The Mockery Bird is based, yet I was unable to find any clear-cut reference in my edition of the book, nor in Google. Would anybody happen to know if this is the case? -Itai 22:07, 17 Feb 2004 (UTC)

I started the Durrell page, but I'm afraid I have no idea. Obviously he knew and wrote about Mauritius, but I don't know whether he was specific about the tree. DavidWBrooks 00:20, 18 Feb 2004 (UTC)

Yes, the dodo and the dodo tree wee what durrell had in mind when he chose to write mockery bird as a "fable". all the information, including softening seed shells by digesting it - fits. and of course, the mockery bird is the dodo. Check the official biography by Douglas Botting.

Pradiptaray 22:51, 11 October 2005 (UTC)

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