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A variety of things might have helped
If they could fly
If they had predators, and had learned to be wary of the new arrivals on their island (European humans!)
They weren't confined to one location - Mauritius.
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 12y agoThe sailors that came to the islands where the dodo used to live brought pigs and - unintentionally - rats that ate the eggs of the dodo. They also hunted it themselves for meat. If they hadn't brought those animals which didn't belong there, the dodo would probably have survived.
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less humans trespassing on their land so know one could hunt them to extinction.
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What air animals are becoming extinct?
The Dodo bird is extinct.
Could the Dodo bird be prevented?
if you really wanted to
What large flightless bird lived on the islands of Mauritius before becoming extinct?
The dodo
Are Dodo birds extinct or endangered?
The dodo has been extinct since the 17th century. Hence the phrase, 'dead as a dodo'.
What could be an example of an extinct species?
dodo birds I believe are extinct. if i am mistaken then dinosoars
Where did dodo birds live?
The dodo bird, before becoming extinct, was indigenous to Mauritius, an island nation in the Indian Ocean, off the coast of Africa.
Can dodo birds fight?
No, The Dodo Bird is extinct. But I'm guessing when they where alive, they probably could. So that would be NO.
Is a dodo bird endangered?
No, the dodo is extinct.
Is there a dodo bird in the Everglades?
Dodo's are extinct
Did dodo birds go up the dodo tree?
The Tambalacoque tree,also known as the "dodo tree", was hypothesized by Stanley Temple to have been eaten from by Dodos, and only by passing through the digestive tract of the dodo could the seeds germinate; he claimed that the tambalacocque was now nearly extinct. The Dodo birds possibly ate the fruit of the "dodo tree" not the tree itself. Of course, the dodo bird is now long extinct.
What happened to a dodo?
The dodo became an extinct species.
Challenges dodo birds face?
The dodo is extinct
