Dodo Adaptations

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DODOS ADAPTATIONS

BY ISLA AND EVERETT

DODO CLASSIFICATIONS

  • Kingdom; Animalia
  • Phylum; Chordata
  • Class; Aves
  • Order; Columbiformes
  • Family; Columbidae
  • Genus; Raphus
Photo by Caro's Lines

DODOS ADAPTED FROM ASIAN PIGEONS

Dodo’s beaks got bigger in size because…

THEY USED THEIR BEAKS MORE…

Photo by Leo Reynolds

FOR EATING MANY BERRIES AND NUTS.

Photo by Sneha Cecil

DODOS

WHICH MAY HAVE LEFT THEM ABLE TO SEE COLOURS.

Dodo’s wings had shrunk because of underuse.

THEY ARE BIG BECAUSE…

OF MAMMALIAN HERBIVORES MAKE THEM BIGGER
Photo by Vegansoldier

THERE WERE LESS MAMMALIAN HERBIVORES…

WHERE THEY FLEW TO…

WHEN THEY WHERE ASIAN PIGEONS.

THEIR INTELLIGENCE

THEY MAY HAVE BEEN QUITE SMART FOR THE AVERAGE BIRD
Photo by *SHERWOOD*

THE END

(OF THE DODOS)…

HOW DODOS DIED

  • Introduced Predators stopped reproducing.
  • Humans hunted them.
  • Big, easy catch and big source of food.

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