Laura, Robert, and
the flightless pigeon Peck embark on an adventure to find the legendary last wind monk for protecting Asposia from a new threat...
The dodo represents one of the best - known examples of extinction caused by humans, yet we know surprisingly little about
this flightless pigeon from a scientific perspective.
The dodo (Raphus cucullatus), an extinct, giant
flightless pigeon once endemic to the island of Mauritius, may arguably be the most widely known animal species to have gone extinct in human history.
Not exact matches
The
flightless fowl roamed 150 million years ago during the Jurassic period and grew to the size of a well - fed
pigeon.
If scientists could find a lot more dodo DNA, they might be able to identify the genetic variations that turned the ancestors of dodos — small, flying
pigeons — into big
flightless birds.