Dodo+Bird




 * The dodo birds diet consisted of the dodo trees fruit.
 * When the seed passed threw the digestive tract of the bird the seed would germinate.
 * The bird was called that because call sounded like doo-doo.
 * Many people see the dodo bird as fat and clumsy but the only reason they were seen like that was because th ey were over fed in captivity. [[image:Skeleton_of_dodo.jpg width="234" height="238" align="center" caption="This is the skeleton of a dodo bird."]]


 * The bird went extinct by not from over hunt but from the many animals that the Europeans brought over.
 * In 2005 some scientists found many different bones of the dodo even in it's natural position.
 * In 2007 people found the most complete dodo bird skeleton.
 * At the East London museum in South Africa there is a dodo bird egg on display.



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 * The dodo bird is fearless to humans.
 * There have been some reports of mass killings of dodo birds.
 * The dodo is one of the most known extinct animals.
 * By the 1660's the dodo bird was very rare at that time.
 * **The dodo bird is an extinct flightless bird **
 * **<span style="color: rgb(255,0,81); font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: rgb(255,15,80);">Native to Mauritius island **
 * <span style="color: rgb(36,15,255);">**<span style="color: rgb(255,0,81); font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Discovered in 1598 and went extinct in 1681 **
 * <span style="color: rgb(36,15,255);"><span style="color: rgb(255,0,81); font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**The dodo was often killed for food**
 * <span style="color: rgb(36,15,255);"><span style="color: rgb(255,0,81); font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**May have not actually gone extinct until 1690**
 * <span style="color: rgb(36,15,255);"><span style="color: rgb(255,0,81); font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**They may have not been "fat" looking some people say that they looked that way because they were over feed in captivity**
 * <span style="color: rgb(36,15,255);"><span style="color: rgb(255,0,81); font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**Since the time they went extinct no trees on the island have germinated.. thus many of the rare trees on the island may go extinct also**
 * <span style="color: rgb(36,15,255);"><span style="color: rgb(255,0,81); font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**Was said to have no fear of humans**
 * <span style="color: rgb(36,15,255);"><span style="color: rgb(255,0,81); font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">** Its closest living reltive is the Nicobar pigeon **
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