dodo

=Dodo= A extinct flightless bird from Mauritius, a tropical island off coast of Africa in the Indian Ocean. The last living dodo bird died in 1690. The dodo bird was related to pigeons; it was evolved from a flying bird that settled in Mauritius. Evidences said the Dodo became flightless because of the surplus food and protection. There was no threats to the Dodo bird in Mauritius. It died out when the Dutch explorers began to hunt them and eat them in the early 1500s to 1600s. The dodo was also affected to pigs and rats that the Dutch brought which destroyed their nests.