[DOC] [TLE] Dodo - Wikipedia [PAR] The dodo (Raphus cucullatus) is an extinct flightless bird that was endemic to the 
island of Mauritius, east of .... Crude drawings of the red rail of Mauritius were 
also misinterpreted as dodo species; Didus broeckii and Didus herberti. ..... Blue 
parrots are very numerous there, as well as other birds; among which are a kind,
... [DOC] [TLE] Dodo Bird: an Extinct Species - Bagheera [PAR] Large numbers of dodo birds were killed for food. ... the Dutch used the island as 
a penal colony, pigs and monkeys were brought to the island along with the 
convicts. ... The dodo bird is just one of the bird species driven to extinction on 
Mauritius. ... No new trees had germinated since the late 1600s. ... Imagine 
Animals [DOC] [TLE] The dodo bird ... an example of survival of the fittest | Answers in ... [PAR] Sep 1, 1995 ... the last dodo died in the late 1600s. ... The dodoes on Mauritius were discovered 
in 1507 by the Portuguese, and in only 174 years became... [DOC] [TLE] Species Extinction Time Line | Animals Lost SInce 1600 [PAR] The animals ion this timeline are only a small selection of the species that have 
gone extinct since 1600. But they give a sense of the enormity of what we've lost. [DOC] [TLE] Dodo Tales: 17th-Century Observations Suggests Later Extinction ... [PAR] Oct 8, 2013 ... Live Science  Animals ... Among the feathery beasts being feasted upon were 
dodos, whose flesh, ... from hunting the flightless bird to extinction (though 
introduced pigs ... another hunting journal from 1688 that recorded dodos being 
killed, ... sighting of dodos was indeed on an island off Mauritius in 1662. [DOC] [TLE] CarlZimmer.com: Articles [PAR] Jul 4, 2006 ... Everyone knows about the death of the dodo, but no one knows much about its 
life. The stocky flightless bird became extinct at the end of the 1600's, less than 
two ... explorers discovered its home, the Indian Ocean island of Mauritius. ... to a 
sugar plantation where isolated dodo bones were found in 1865. [DOC] [TLE] Dead as a dodo - the extinct bird of Mauritius - - Pilot Guides [PAR] Dead as a dodo  the extinct bird of Mauritius. Nature Facts. Where: Mauritius, 
Indian Ocean When: First sighted in late 1600s, destroyed by man by 1861 ... 
Mauritius was once home to an amazing array of indigenous birds and land 
creatures, until ... all of which were 300 years old, dating to the time the last dodo 
was killed. [DOC] [TLE] Dodos, Dimwits, and Fat Arses | Nature @ WSU [PAR] Nov 12, 2014 ... To get your basic dodo education, go to LiveScience: Dodo Bird Skeleton .... 
Perhaps we collectively need to get off of our dim-witted, fat arses and .... Some of 
these predators were pigs and cats who fed on the bird's chicks and eggs. .... 
Many of the remaining trees that are found on Mauritius among Dodo... [DOC] [TLE] The History of the Dodo Bird and the Cause of Its Extinction [PAR] A careful reevaluation of the Dodo bird by several contemporary researchers has 
... menagerie of off-beat animals. ... argue for the messy, often dead-end process 
... humans or animals were competing with .... Among the many varieties of birds 
that lived there were parrots, crows ... The Mauritius Dodos were discovered in. [DOC] [TLE] Dead as a dodo: the fortuitous rise to fame of an ... - Dodo Books [PAR] on the island of Mauritius until the seventeenth century, is probably ... introduced 
rats and pigs (Cheke 1987). Its extinction .... bird species were noted to be 
confined to islets by the. 1690s due to ... creature became the dominant viewpoint 
amongst French scientists ..... although the last definite record is of two birds 
killed off. [DOC] [TLE] Dead As the Dodo - Sterling Wildlife Biology [PAR] That the tale of the Dodo bird is well known among naturalists and those with ... 
Mauritius lies 1200 miles off the coast of East Africa, far from any continent or ... 
Dodos were descendents of a type

Question: Pigs were among the creatures that killed off this bird on Mauritius in the 1600s
Answer: the dodo