The Dodo was an endemic bird species of
the Mascarene archipelago. The species
was extinct after the settlement of Reunion and Mauritius. The Dodo could not
fly and as lot of species that evolve in isolation they were not afraid of
humans. Moreover it represented a great supply of meat and became an easy prey.
The hunting of the Dodo quickly lead the species to extinction. The last record
of a sighting fo a Dodo is in 1662 on a small islet of Mauritius called Amber
Island.
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