The consequences of such numerous extinctions can affect each and every one of the beings that inhabit the planet. However small, each species plays a fundamental role in the global ecology. The extinction of the species is not only harmful to the organism involved. Saint Helena rail (Aphanocrex podarces).Hawkins’s rail (Diaphorapteryx hawkinsi).North Island Adzebill (Aptornis otidiformis).New Zealand goose (Cnemiornis gracilis).Arabian ostrich (Struthio camelus syriacus).Emu of Kangaroo Island (Dromaius baudinianus).
King Island Emu (Dromaius novaehollandiae ater).Southern brown kiwi (Apteryx australis).South Island giant moa (Dinornis robustus).Here’s a list of birds who suffered a similar fate to the dodos. In fact, the list of birds who have disappeared from the face of the Earth in periods of less than 100 years after encountering humans has more than a hundred species. How and why did dodo birds become extinct?ĭodos aren’t the only flightless bird species to become extinct due to human predators. They may have also dug them up with their strong legs. It was probably used to find seeds buried deep in the ground. The dodo - an extinct bird made famous in traveling exhibitions and works of fiction - may be ready for a comeback.
As a consequence, we now think that these birds had a highly developed sense of smell. It’s very likely that their favorite food was the seeds of the tambalacoque tree also known as dodo tree (Sideroxylon grandiflorum).Ī study published by the Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society claimed that dodos had a highly developed olfactory bulb. That is, they ate large seeds and fruits. Its shape reveals that dodos were mainly granivorous birds. The skeletal remains also show that dodo birds had a large beak, about 8 inches long. In contrast, the wing bones reveal that these limbs were very small, and that this animal couldn’t fly. Their femurs, tibiae, and tarsus were long, so the dodos must have had rather muscular legs. Through the data collected, researchers believe dodo birds were large and heavy: they were about 3 feet 3 inches high and weighed between 23 and 39 pounds. While only their skeletons remain, many drawings and stories about them have been found. However, they also went extinct due to lack of food and shelter after the humans invaded their place.
The dodo was a columbiform flightless bird-like pigeon endemic to Mauritius, East of Madagascar, located in the Indian Ocean. Soon, it was found by the year 1690 that the Dodos were extinct. We still don’t know what this animal was truly like, nor do experts know how their extinction came about. Unfortunately, most of the data we have is from legends and illustrations that, while very interesting, has actually misled us. People have written a lot about dodo birds ( Raphus cucullatus) over the centuries.
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