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The Dodo's stubby wings and heavy, ungainly body tell us that the bird was flightless. Moreover, its breastbone is too small to support the huge pectoral muscles a bird this size would need to fly. Yet scientists believe that the Dodo evolved from a bird capable of flight into a flightless one.
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www.amnh.org/exhibitions/expeditions/treasure_fossil/Treasures/Dodo/dodo.html?dinos
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The dodo was a large, plump bird covered in soft, grey feathers, with a plume of white at its tail. It had small wings that were far too weak to ever lift the dodo off the ground. ... ADW doesn't cover all species in the world, nor does it include all the latest scientific information about organisms we describe.
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animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/informatio...
animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Raphus_cucullatus.html
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Origins and isolation of the Dodo Bird ... Update: The Dodo bird may have survived for 30 years longer than was earlier thought. The last confirmed sighting was in 1662, but it is now believed that the last Dodo died in 1690.
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www.yenra.com/dodo-bird/
www.yenra.com/dodo-bird/
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Dodo - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The dodo ( Raphus cucullatus ) was a flightless bird endemic to the Indian Ocean island of Mauritius. Related to pigeons and doves, it stood about a meter tall, weighing about 20 kg, living on fru...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dodo
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Trivia about the history of the Dodo bird found on the island of Maurititus, the now extinct species described. ... You Are Here: Trivia » George Laycock's 6 Best Oddities and Fun Trivia » History of the Now Extinct Dodo Bird...
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www.trivia-library.com/a/history-of-the-now-extinct-dod...
www.trivia-library.com/a/history-of-the-now-extinct-dodo-bird.htm
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Although many people think the dodo bird still exists it is now extinct. When it was alive the dodo was larger then a swan or full-grown turkey. It weighed about 60 pounds and most of it's weight was distributed in its round flightless belly.
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www.afunk.com/mammals/dodo/
www.afunk.com/mammals/dodo/
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American Museum of Natural History lists the dodo as one of its "treasures". Information regarding the dodo, as well as a picture, can be found here. ... The Dodo Bird : An example of survival of the fittest" is an online article, containing the startling revelation that the dodo may not have been fat...
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www.davidreilly.com/dodo/links.html
www.davidreilly.com/dodo/links.html
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Learn about the extinct dodo bird of Mauritius, with easy to read information and pictures ... dodo n., an extinct flightless bird, once a native of the island of Mauritius. Discovered 1598, extinct by 1681...
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www.davidreilly.com/dodo/
www.davidreilly.com/dodo/
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It turns out that the dodo bird ate the fruit of this tree, and it was only by passing through the dodo's digestive system that the seeds became active and could grow. Now, more than 300 years after one species became extinct, another was to follow as a direct consequence.
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www.albawaba.com/en/kids,let_us_talk_about/207714
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