More about Dodo

Where did dodos live?

• Iceland

• Mauritius

• Madagascar

• New Zealand

What kind of bird is a dodo?

• A type of ostrich

• A type of flightless vulture

• A type of flightless pigeon

• 
  A fruitbat

Flying is a quick way to escape from danger. How could the dodo afford to lose the ability to fly?

• Before the arrival of humans, there were no predators on its island home to get away from.

• Before the arrival of humans, it could outrun the other dangerous animals that lived on its island home.

• There were no tall trees on the island to fly into so they lost the ability due to lack of practice.

• It laid its nests on the ground.

How do we know that the dodo was well adapted to its island home?

• Because it did not live in any other parts of the world.

• Because it was friendly to humans and other species when they arrived on its island home.

• Because it became flightless like the Kakapo and Galapagos cormorant.

• Because it survived major droughts and storms that killed many.

Why do modern scientists claim that the dodo was not dumb?

• Its brain size relative to its body size was similar to that of other pigeons.

• It could run faster than we thought.

• It knew to hide from humans and other predators.

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  It was well adapted to its environment.

Why did the dodo go extinct soon after the arrival of the first humans on Mauritius?

• They were cooked and eaten by humans.

• They had to compete with newly introduced animals for food and space.

• Introduced animals such as goats, pigs, and rats ate their eggs and chicks.

• All of the above

Why is it important to understand what happened to the dodo?