DODO

BY YOUNG JUN EO

What is an Extinct animal? Extinct animals are

species, or kinds of animals that have all died many years ago. For example dinosaurs became extinct millions of years ago. Dodo is a kind of extinct animal.

What is Dodo? Dodo is an extinct bird that can’t fly. The dodo is

related to the pigeon. They have short legs like Tae Hun, stubby wings, long beaks, and curly tails. Dodos lived on the island of Mauritius in the Indian Ocean. They have been extinct since about 1680.

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Why did the Dodo go extinct?

European sailor killed the birds for their food include dodo because Dodo couldn’t fly. But European saved some dodos and served as a models for paintings and museums.

This is the picture that European artist

drew.

Where did the dodo go extinct? Dodos went extinct

near Madagascar . Dodos can’t fly like penguins. Their weight is 25 kg. They went extinct in the 17th century. Dodos went extinct because the Europeans killed or hunted them.

Dodo’s feet.

Dodo’s bones and fossil

Dodo’s skeleton.

Similar DNA

Nicobar Pigeon

Geological time scale.

Dodo extinct at Paleozoic time

Dodo was living peacefully until the European sailors came.

European sailors killed and hunted them about 350 years ago.

Now people say that Dodos were living on the island of Mauritius. People said that pigeon has similar DNA with Dodo.

QUIZ TIME~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!

Q1. Which period did dodo extinct? A1. In Paleozoic era Q2. Which animal has most similar DNA with dodo? A2. It’s Pigeon ! BIG QUESTION~!@@@@@ Q. Why did the dodo extinct and where did they

extinct? A. They extinct because European sailor hunt and

killed them and they extinct near Indian ocean.

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Work Cited Page http://

www.worldbookonline.com/kids/Article?id=ar830861&st=Dodo

http://www.worldbookonline.com/student/article?id=ar162520&st=dodo

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2002/02/0227_0228_dodo.html