Dodo

:This article is about the extinct bird. For other uses, see Dodo (disambiguation)

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The Mauritius Dodo (Raphus cucullatus, called Didus ineptus by Linnaeus), more commonly just Dodo, was a metre-high flightless bird of the island of Mauritius. The Dodo, which is now extinct, lived on fruit and nested on the ground.

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There are few remains of the Dodo left today. The most intact remains from a single bird are a skeletal foot and a head. The head contains the only soft tissue remains of the species. The decaying remnants of the last complete stuffed Dodo, in Oxford's Ashmolean Museum, were burned in 1755. Nevertheless, from artists' renditions we know that the Dodo had blue-grey plumage, a 23-centimetre (9-inch) blackish hooked bill with a reddish point, very small useless wings, stout yellow legs, and a tuft of curly feathers high on its rear end. Dodos were very large birds, weighing about 23 kg (50 pounds).

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Dodo related Images and Photos (experimental)

Dodo

The Dodo

Illustration of the Extinct Dodo Bird