Copyright 1998-2000, David Reilly. All Rights Reserved. Copyright 1998-2000, David Reilly. All Rights Reserved. This document contains answers to frequently asked questions about the extinct Mauritian dodo bird.
People use the word dodo as an insult.
The dodo bird was a gray, flightless bird, and may be a distant relative of the pigeon family. It had a large, hooked beak, and a plume of white feathers adorned its tail. Surprisingly little is known about the dodo and its way of life. Some scientists believe that the dodo was extremely overweight, from between twenty and twenty three kilograms. Others speculate that it was much thinner, and that it was a running bird.