Dodo
Have you ever heard the exasperation “ as dead as a dodo”.
Habitat:
A long way away 500 miles east of Madagascar and 1200 miles east of Africa lie Mauritius an island surrounded by the Indian Ocean.
Appearance:
The dodo was a light, blue, gay feather bird. With thick hookedx dark brown bill and large yellow feet with sharp black claws. This bird was only on meter tall and only weighed 10 to 18 kgs.
Predators:
The dodos had no natural predators or enemies. But as soon as the hungry aggressive human population gue, the dodos were gone by the 17th century.
Why were they easy to catch:
Well dodos birds nested on the ground which made it easy pickings for hungry dogs and rats. But dodos didn’t know what predators were and were to slow to evacuate their nests.
Diet:
The dodo ate ripe fruit that had fallen to the ground, eating the fruit of Calvaria major tree( which is often called the dodo tree)
The extinct date:
Unfortunately the dodos were completely wiped out by 1681 and the very last sighting was 1662 saw by Charles Norton.
Scientific name:
The scientific name for this bird is Raphus cucullatus.
Conclusion:
These and now extinct birds are now part of most cartoon comedies and well known in Alice and wonderland. But the dodos life is still a mystery.
