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Dodos

Questions about the extinct species of flightless bird called the Dodo, native to the island of Mauritius.

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What are the dodo prey?

Dodo's were not predators, in fact on the island where they lived there were no predators to speak of until man arrived. The bird was so trusting and innocent the men who discovered it claimed its innocence of what might happen to it was stupidity, thus the name Dodo. Dodo's ate seeds and nuts to survive.

Why dodo disappeared?

Invasive species and human hunters, as well as its natural predators.

Where is the dodo bird?

it Doesn't, the Dodo bird is extinct.

The dodo doesn't live anymore, but when it did live it lived on islands in the Indian Ocean. It was flightless so stayed on the island for their entire lives.

They are now extinct and they used to live in MAURITIUS, a small island in the Indian Ocean. They were killed by travelers {specially Dutch} in the mid 17th century.Being flightless, the dodos were easy targets and unable to escape.

What is the Dodo's habitat?

the dodo is a type of bird that is a beer in Ireland!!!

The dodo used to live on the Island of Mauritius in the Indian Ocean. Most of it's food came from the forest that covered the island. It had no predators so it didn't need to fly.

What caused the extinction moa bird?

Birds can become extinct for a variety of different reasons. Human hunting, loss of habitat resulting in a decrease in food, or severe climate events can lead to extinction.

How can the extinction of dodos be prevented?

Dodos are already extinct...ur late

you have to punch a small cat in the face and they wont be extinct anymore

Was the dodo bird in competition with other species?

Small mammals and small birds could compete with the Dodo for food.

While carnivores would kill the for food.

How many years have passed since the dodo became extinct?

The last dod bird died around 1680.......it's about 330 years.

What did the dodo bird evolve from?

The dodo was a flightless bird solely found on the the Indian Ocean island of Mauritius that became extinct in the mid-to-late 17th century. Related to pigeons and doves, it stood about a meter tall, weighing about 20 kilograms (44 lb), living on fruit and nesting on the ground. The dodo was a flightless bird that lived solely on the ground

How do people get proof that a dodo was real?

They simply go and get it. Such proof includes things like old diaries and records of the explorers, accounts from historians and biologists, and old skeletons or stuffed dodos.

What sound does a dodo make?

That is something we will never know. As the Dodo is now extinct, thanks to the exuberance of the human race.

David Quammen suggested that it has a two-note pigeony sound like "doo-doo, hence it's name.

Why does a dodo look like a chicken?

the dodo bird is extincted so we do not know

What animals lived in pangaea?

there were several groups of creatures on Pangaea. but for going the insects there where 4 major groups amphibians, anapsids diapsids and therapsids. the amphibians where remnants from the coniforus still large but not dominante on land anymore. anapsids accounted for a good chunk of life on land at this time. therapsids or so called mamal like reptials (eventualy evolved into mamals) where very common but the ones you know about are the diapsids. thees included crocidiles lizards and dinosaurs.

Why is the dodo bird becoming extinct?

we have to blame humans and animals

According to Wikipedia:- When humans first arrived on Mauritius, they also brought with them other animals that had not existed on the island before, including dogs, pigs, cats, rats and crab eating macaques which plundered the dodo nests, while humans destroyed the forests where the birds made their homes.

The dodo bird is extinct because when man were alive the cut down all of the trees and dodo birds then had nothing to eat because dodo bird used to eat fruit of the trees of Mauritius island.

ALSO I HAVE NO CLUE !!!

Because it was defenceless. When people arrived on the previously un-peopled island of Mauritius, people walked up to them and clubbed them on the head, and some other animal invaders ate their eggs and young. This drove the dodo to extinction - and the expression 'as dead as a dodo'.

Why do some people called dodos?

some people are dunderheads, and dodo birds are dunderheads too :D

How fast does a dodo bird run?

they used to run abot 300 miles until they tried to jump of a cliff and fly but they wher to fat and pooped them self in mid air when they hit the groung the lived

Which animal became extinct in India?

There are many extinct animals in India. They include dinosaurs, bharattherium, discoceras, exaeretodon, gigantopithecus, hyperdapedon, Indian aurochs, javan rhinoceros, pink-headed duck and eoalligator.

What change happened in the dodos' living conditions in1507?

The Portuguese sailors became a predator to the dodo birds

For What Reason Did People Hunt Dodo's?

No one intended to cause the extinction of the dodo. The introduction of dogs and pigs to the island resulted in the accidental extinction of the dodo, which could not adequately defend against the new predators.