Endangered animals ( Dodo)

Hello I am Pablo, and I talk about endangered animals. I will make three entries, the dodo, the mammoth and lynx.

The dodo is an extinct species of bird columbiformede the raphinae subfamily. It was an endemic flightless bird Mauritius, located in the Indian Ocean. The dodo and other birds of the Indian Ocean, was related to pigeons had stopped flying to become land.

The extinction of the dodo in the late seventeenth century.

By his early extinction, it is difficult to have a precise description of the dodo. Which there are based on the one hand descriptions and old drawings, and on the other hand in the skeletons and remains, one of which is preserved today in its natural position possible.

Its peak was very long (23 cm) and a hook-shaped tip that probably allowed to break the bark of coconuts. His legs were yellow and robust, with a few ruffled feathers on its back. She had very small wings, which together with its great weight and insufficient breastbone to stand made him unable to fly.

The Portuguese discoverers called "dodo" the bird for his clumsiness and the ease with which could be hunted (the dodo evolved without any contact with humans, so did not see them as a threat).