The extinct wonder
Dodo And that is what Mauritius is most famous for: the extinction of the dodo . -Douglas Adams, Last Chance to See Dodos are very famous for their dumbness and we on ly know them for their extinction. Infact, the word dodo had become a slang for dumb (why write about something that was dumb and doesn’t exist anymore?). Let’s get to know some history about them first (who doesn’t find history boring, but this might just be interesting), back in 1663 dodos became extinct (Wait, a little earlier...). Dodos were found on the island of Mauritius. They lived there happily until sailors discovered the island, these dodos had never seen humans before and they did not have any natural predators on the island so they feared nothing. The sailors started using them as fresh meat, these dodos were not afraid and would just board the ships without causing the sailors any trouble. People thought that they were just dumb, so they boarded the ships. Hence the name ‘dodo’. Now that the islan...