Directory of Dodos Resources

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• BBC News: Scientists Find 'Mass Dodo Grave'

  http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/4556928.stm
  Explains how they found bones over 2000 years old, and how they can help scientists understand this bird.

• Dodo

  http://nature.ca/notebooks/english/dodo.htm
  Contains a sketch of the bird, and a short report.

• Dodo

  http://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/permanent-exhibitions/biodiversity-and-environmental-halls/hall-of-biodiversity/dodo
  Explains how this bird went extinct, and how scientists know it couldn't fly.

• Extinct Dodo Related to Pigeons, DNA Shows

  http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2002/02/0227_0228_dodo.html
  Scientific article explains how Dodos evolved from birds that could fly.

• Raphus Cucullatus

  http://animaldiversity.org/site/accounts/information/Raphus_cucullatus.html
  Describes the biology, geographic occurrence, scientific classification, and brief history of this extinct bird. Includes an illustration.

• The Tragedy of the Dodo

  http://www.davidreilly.com/dodo/
  Learn about the anatomy and environment impacts experienced when this bird went extinct. Also contains several sketches of what it looked like.

• Wikipedia: Dodo

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dodo
  Encyclopedia article explains how they all died, and use in popular culture.

 

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