2006-06-21 09:21:09 · 16 answers · asked by Jessie q 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
Dodo birds don't exist, and haven't existed for hundreds of years.
There is some controversy surrounding the extinction date of the Dodo. David Roberts states that "the extinction of the Dodo is commonly dated to the last confirmed sighting in 1662, reported by shipwrecked mariner Volkert Evertsz", but other sources suggest 1681.
2006-06-21 09:24:37 · answer #1 · answered by MTSU history student 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Unfortunately not this bird is now extinct.
There is some controversy surrounding the extinction date of the Dodo. David Roberts states that "the extinction of the Dodo is commonly dated to the last confirmed sighting in 1662, reported by shipwrecked mariner Volkert Evertsz", but other sources suggest 1681.
Roberts points out that because the sighting prior to 1662 was in 1638 (i.e. 24 years earlier), the Dodo was likely already very rare by the 1660s. However, statistical analysis of the hunting records of Isaac Joan Lamotius, carried out by Julian Hume and coworkers, gives a new estimated extinction date of 1693, with a 95% confidence interval of 1688 to 1715.
2006-06-21 09:35:09 · answer #2 · answered by samanthajanecaroline 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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.
2006-06-21 09:26:52 · answer #3 · answered by Gray Matter 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Uh-huh. My dog ate a robin, and the next I saw it was a doo-doo bird. As for dodo birds, no. Mice brought to the New World on Spanish merchant ships carried disease that killed the dodo. They are now extinct.
2006-06-21 09:28:18 · answer #4 · answered by Noland Voyd 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, most birds do doo-doo, but if you mean dodo birds, the answer is no, they have been extinct since, I believe, somtime in the late 18th century.
2006-06-21 09:25:19 · answer #5 · answered by pg1955 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The do do bird is extinct, but I'm sure they did a lot of doo doo when they were around. (just kidding)
2006-06-21 11:52:33 · answer #6 · answered by PDY 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yeah, all over the place. It's the do do birds that are no longer with us.
2006-06-21 09:24:29 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yup. So do the dodos who don't use the spellcheck.
P.S. What's a mirrow?
2006-06-21 09:50:05 · answer #8 · answered by scribble_muse 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
UH.... That would be DODO birds that are extinct!
DODO birds produced DOO-DOO!!
=)
2006-06-21 09:25:30 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Don't think so,but I think it's cousin is the emu bird.
2006-06-21 09:25:11 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋