Dodo bird extinction date10/29/2023 ![]() However, Isaac Johannes Lamotius, who ruled Mauritius betweenġ6, wrote in detail about Dodo sightings in that period, and it is Hence one of the supposed last sightings of the Dodo inġ681, by Benjamin Harry, Chief Mate of the Berkley Castle, is also deemed The Dodo was alsoĬonfused with another bird, the Red Rail, so that reports of its sightings are Simon, a runaway slave is said to have spotted a Dodo twice in theĮleven years he had been free, that is between 16. Forests wereĬleared to make way for new roads and it is even reported ebony trees were cutĭown in thousands for a 16 km long road to be paved from the forests of Flacq During that period, there were accounts of how wild pigs were violentĪnd attacked young goats, and fed on tortoise and bird eggs. Policy, the Dutch decided to re-settle in Mauritius in 1664, and this time,Įbony trees on the island caught their attention and became duly exploited for They have 4 to 5 grey curly feathers on the backside.” (which they do not have), there are 3 to 4 black plumes and instead of tails, Mauritius, eventually returned to Holland and described the Dodo as being as bigĪs a swan, adding that “It has a big head with pelt and in the place of wings Stokram, who survived his ship being foundered about 193 km south-east of In 1658, principally due to problems like unproductive crops, invasion by The Dutch who had then been the rulers of the island abandoned it ![]() Was 200, comprising runaway slaves, former sailors, planters, slaves, convicts,Īnd invalids. In the 1650s for example, the island’s population Equally, forests receded as the island became populated and was subjected Pigs, it is said,įoraged on ground level fruit, digging up roots and tubers, thus creating theĬompetition for food for Dodos, and may have also tampered with Dodo nests andĮggs. Pigs on the island in the 1600s, which further exacerbated the situation. Monkeys brought by the Portuguese that posed another challenge to theĬontinuation of the species of Dodos. Turned into a source of threat to Dodo eggs and young chicks. Suggested rather recently that rats escaping from aboard ships had most likely But with the growing traffic of visitors to the island, it has been Time, mentioned catching “Dodaersen everyday in Both he and Pieter Verhoeven, who was also a visitor at around that Observation made by Steven van der Hagen in 1607, during his visit to the Predatory animals such as crocodiles, snakes, and hungry wolves-this being the To thrive on the island of Mauritius was precisely because of the absence of The reason a harmless bird as the Dodo was able “…those brave old voyagers, who in the infancy of nautical and medical science,Įncountered a vast amount of peril and suffering and yet found means to observeĪnd record the natural wonders which came in their way.” Ornithologist published The Dodo and its Kindred, where he spoke about Or Wallowbirdes, which stood for “loathsome birds”. The 15th century, where Admiral Jacob Cornelius van Neck, sent on a voyage ofĭiscovery by Mauritz van Nassau, Prince of Orange, recorded the presence ofĭodos that he described as being twice as big as swans, then named Walghstocks The earliest accounts of the Dodo date back to ![]() But just as foxes aren’t necessarily cunning, beavers hardworking, bats evil, or bears loveable, it has been shown that Dodos, birds endemic to Mauritius, were not necessarily fat, lazy, and stupid as it was and is commonly believed. This has indubitably been the most popular understanding of the word so far. DODO DODO We have always thought of the Dodo as being a stupid bird because it was so quickly eliminated from the food chain.
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