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The Dodo Bird
Scientific and Common Name: When Portuguese sailors first arrived on an uninhabited island a bird greeted them without fear. Since the bird had never seen a human before, it had no reason to be afraid. The sailors thought that the bird was stupid so they named it dodo, Portuguese for fool. The scientific name is Raphus cucullatus; the dodo was also referred to as a dronte. Another theory of how the dodo got it's name is that the Portuguese tried to imitate the "doo" like noise the bird made and named it dodo. The Dutch named the bird walghvogel; meaning disgusting bird. Bibliography: The Tragedy of the Dodo, http://www.fan.net.au/~dodo/dodo/background.html Balouct, Jean-Christopher; Extinct Species of the World. Auckland, New Zealand: Barron's Educational Series, Inc. 1990 Silverberg, Robert; The Auk, the Dodo, and the Oryx. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Company. 1967 Time of Existence: The dodoes of Mauritius were discovered in 1507, and all were killed by 1681. Bibliography: Bergman, Jerry. "The Dodo Bird...An Example of Survival of the Fittest", Creation Magazine, Sep-Nov 1995; pg. 46 Home Range: The dodo bird lived on Mauritius; an island in the Indian Ocean. Bibliography: Bergman, Jerry. "The Dodo Bird...An Example of Survival of the Fittest", Creation Magazine, Sep-Nov 1995; pg. 46 Anatomy: The dodo is often been perceived as an incredibly overweight bird that couldn't move at a significant speed. It is estimated that the dodo weighed as much as 20 to 23 kilograms and was two and a half feet tall. The dodo was all blue-grey except for a plume of white feathers on its rear and a white breast. Dodoes didn't have any feathers around their face and their skin contrasted greatly with their yellow iris. The dodo had a blackish hooked beak with a reddish sheath. The bill was large at about nine inches long and could be opened unusually wide. The nasal openings of the dodo were located much further down o... Please login to view comments from other users.
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