Is the bird in the guinness advert a dodo?

No, the bird pictured in Guinness adverts is not a dodo, it's a toucan. The Toucan was first used way back in 1935 in an advertising campaign in which a toucan had a couple of bottles of Guinness perched on its beak and displayed the caption:

  • If he can say as you can
    "Guinness is good for you"
    How grand to be a Toucan
    Just think what Toucan do.

The adverts were so recognizable that they continued using a toucan image in their ads for 45 years.

Updated on Sunday, February 05 2012 at 02:38AM GMT
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