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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 extinct tree nut did the dodo bird eat?
The dodo bird ate the Tambalacoque tree,also known as the "dodo tree". This is about the same question as "Did the dodo bird eat the dodo tree?" exept that it was more specific.
Not known very definitely.
The last confirmed sighting was in 1662, but there were contested sightings as late as 1674. Statistical analysis of the numbers of birds taken in hunting expeditions suggests a curve descending to zero in about 1693.
The dodos were not literally hunted to extinction by humans, but they were also killed by introduced rats, dogs, cats, and monkeys (most of which ate the eggs and nestlings, rather than the adult birds). Therefore, the last dodo killed by a human hunter was not necessarily the last dodo alive.
The dodo bird ate mostly fruits and seeds. Occasionally it would swallow pebbles to help it digest the seeds. It did eat fruits from the Calvaria tree, also known as the dodo tree, or the tambalacoque. Right now this tree is going extinct. The dodos were its only way of reproducing, something in their guts fertilized the seeds as they ate them. Scientists are frantically trying to figure out how to fertilize the seeds without the dodos. I suggest that if we are going to clone an extinct animal, we clone the dodo. Fast. To save the tree.
rock and metal and fruit of the dodo bird tree
How long did the Dodo birds live in Mauritius?
The Dodo is believed to have become extinct around 1681 AD.
Dodos have no calls as they are extinct. A search of the internet produced no reliable information as to what they sounded like.
Did the dodo bird get extinct in 1860?
the last man to kill a dodo bird didnt know it was the last one on the Earth or even on the island where it residen back in 1689 not 1860.
When did the dodos birds become extinct?
It was actually in 1681. After being discovered, merely a centry ago
The dodo bird was very easy to catch. Due to this fact people, dogs, rats, even pigs, would hunt and kill the bird indiscriminately and eat its eggs. this meant the only 200 years after the bird was discovered, it became extinct.
In which year was the last dodo spotted?
That would be in the year AD 1598. The dodo only lived on the island of Mauritius, off the coast of Madagascar.
These strange birds were first spotted by Europeans by the Portuguese sailors. Of course, local native peoples no doubt had known about the dodo bird for a LONG time before the Portuguese showed up.
In the late 17th century. It was about 200 years ago. I'm not quite sure, but I think it was about 200 years ago. Discovered circa 1600 and inhabiting only the island of Mauritius in the indian ocean, the dodo was eaten to extinction by about 1680.
