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The Dodo
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Author : Errol Fuller
language : en
Publisher: Bunker Hill Publishing, Inc.
Release Date : 2003
The Dodo written by Errol Fuller and has been published by Bunker Hill Publishing, Inc. this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with Nature categories.
The story of the dodo is a classic of evolution and extinction equal in fascination to that of the dinosaur or the saber-toothed tiger. Unlike these, however, the dodo was the first recorded example of an extinction that was, in all probability, entirely caused by humans. Humankind coexisted with the dodo between 1598 and 1681 and then the dodo was gone, hunted to extinction, unable to escape the new predators that arrived in ships on the isolated island later known as Mauritius. The giant pigeon, for this was what the dodo was, evolved from ancestors that had populated the island millions of years before in the Pleistocene period, when Mauritius was far adrift of where it lies today. The pigeons colonized an island paradise abundant with food, free of any terrestrial mammalian predators. Over millions of years they lost their instinct for danger. They also lost the ability to fly, and grew bulky with sturdy running legs. For the 17th-century sailors who arrived and settled on the island, they were easy to kill and as tasty as the turtles the sailors also caught and ate. The sailors introduced domestic animals and rat as well, competitors for the dodos' habitat. So much about the dodo is unknown and will never be known, and yet, the dodo engenders much speculation.The Dodo: Extinction in Paradiseexplores the science and the mythology, the history, archaeology, and legend, as well as the dodo's place in art and literature.
The Dodo S Last Stand
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Author : Suzy Wall
language : en
Publisher: Benchmark Education Company
Release Date : 2005
The Dodo S Last Stand written by Suzy Wall and has been published by Benchmark Education Company this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with Children's plays categories.
Perform this script about how the only dodo bird left in the world saves himself from extinction.
The Dodo And The Solitaire
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Author : Jolyon C. Parish
language : en
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Release Date : 2013
The Dodo And The Solitaire written by Jolyon C. Parish and has been published by Indiana University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013 with Science categories.
The most comprehensive book to date about these two famously extinct birds.
21st Century Dodos A Collection Of Endangered Objects And Other Stuff
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Author : Steve Stack
language : en
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
Release Date : 2011-09-29
21st Century Dodos A Collection Of Endangered Objects And Other Stuff written by Steve Stack and has been published by HarperCollins UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-09-29 with Humor categories.
A REVISED AND UPDATED EBOOK EDITION WITH ALL NEW READERS’ DODOS!
Dodos
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Author : Melissa Higgins
language : en
Publisher: Raintree
Release Date : 2015
Dodos written by Melissa Higgins and has been published by Raintree this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
Dodos were strange, flightless ice age birds that became extinct in the 1700s. Awesome illustrations accompany carefully leveled text about food, habitat, life cycle, and threats, bringing dodos to life like never before.
The Dodo
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Author : Charles River Editors
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2020-01-26
The Dodo written by Charles River Editors and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-01-26 with categories.
*Includes pictures *Includes excerpts of contemporary accounts about the dodo *Includes a bibliography for further reading "The Dodo never had a chance. He seems to have been invented for the sole purpose of becoming extinct and that was all he was good for." - Willy Cuppy, 19th century American humorist and literary critic At one point or another, just about everyone has heard of the dodo bird, which is almost universally described as a cuddly, whimsical creature renowned for its alleged stupidity. This prehistoric avian had been known for hundreds of years before it was made popular around the world in Lewis Carroll's 1865 classic, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. The character, the Dodo, satirized the author himself - according to pop culture lore, Carroll, whose real name was Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, regarded the dodo as his spirit animal due to his alleged stutter, which led to him often presenting himself as "Do-do-dodgson." Carroll was also a frequent patron of the Oxford Museum of Natural History, which served as a fount of inspiration for his memorable anthropomorphic characters. The 1951 Disney animation, Alice in Wonderland, breathed new life into Carroll's Dodo, portrayed as a plump, peach-faced creature with a bulbous pink beak, clad in a purple waistcoat, a powdered wig, and a pipe dangling out of his beak. Like its real-life counterparts, the Dodo was depicted as a flightless bird who crossed paths with Alice, bobbing along inside of a bottle upon the open sea. Owing to its inability to fly, the Dodo uses an upside-down toucan as his boat, and the Dodo is being maneuvered by a green hawk furiously flapping its wings, serving as the boat's propeller. The dimwitted, carefree dodo also made various appearances in film and TV shows over the years, such as Yoyo Dodo in the 1938 black-and-white animation Porky in Wackyland, the short-lived stop-motion animated series Rocky and the Dodos, and the 2002 animated film Ice Age, which depicts the dodos as a silly, clumsy troop of birds who fail to guard three small watermelons. Indeed, the dodo's presence in literature, picture books, music, video games, and general pop culture has been so prevalent that it has secured its own entry on TV Tropes, where it is infamously immortalized as the "Dumb Dodo." This only scratches the surface of the string of misconceptions that has plagued the delightfully peculiar bird for centuries. Along with its stereotypical depictions in literature, film, and other mediums of pop culture, a number of idioms playing on the bird's alleged idiocy, as well as the supposed role it played in its own extinction, have become irreversibly cemented in the English lexicon. "Dodo" and the even less tactful "dumb dodo" are slang terms directed at dense individuals, an explicit reference to the bird's sluggish reflexes and supposedly pint-sized brain. One may have also come across a business venture or a fad that has "gone the way of the dodo" or is "as dead as a dodo," meaning that the venture has become defunct, obsolete, or a thing of the past, most likely due to reckless and half-baked business practices. The phrase "deaf to reality like a dodo" has also been thrown around quite frequently in recent years, used to describe individuals who are overly trusting and blissfully ignorant of unpalatable facts and ugly truths. But were the dodo birds truly as simple-minded as they are often portrayed? And what were the actual factors behind the zany avian's extinction? The Dodo: The History and Legacy of the Extinct Flightless Bird looks at the origins of the bird, human contact with it, and how the species went extinct. Along with pictures depicting important people, places, and events, you will learn about the dodo like never before.
The Dodos Did It
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Author : Alice McKinley
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2021-04-29
The Dodos Did It written by Alice McKinley and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-04-29 with Juvenile Fiction categories.
A brilliantly funny story about dodos, a dinosaur, and being VERY careful what you wish for, from the creator of Nine Lives Newton. Jack doesn’t just like dodos, he LOVES them. So when his dearest wish for a pet dodo comes true, surely Jack will be the happiest he’s ever been, EVER. Unless, of course, Jack wishes for more and more dodos and his new pets cause complete chaos, and no one believes that the dodos did it because dodos don’t exist and everyone blames Jack for everything. Maybe it's time for Jack to think about wishing for something completely different . . .
The Quest Of The Last Dodo Bird
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Author : Pat Rac
language : en
Publisher: Random House LLC
Release Date : 2011
The Quest Of The Last Dodo Bird written by Pat Rac and has been published by Random House LLC this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011 with Juvenile Fiction categories.
Cosmo, a dodo living on the island of Mauritius, learns that he is the last dodo on Earth, and meets 3R-V, a robot-spaceship from the future, who helps him search for other dodo birds.
The Dodo And Its Kindred
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Author : Hugh Edwin Strickland
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1848
The Dodo And Its Kindred written by Hugh Edwin Strickland and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1848 with Science categories.
This volume by Strickland, an English ornithologist, and Mitchell, a physician, reconstructs the habits of the extinct dodo and related birds.. Since physical remains were so few, they also relied on contemporary paintings by artists such as Roelandt Savery, many of which are reproduced in this book.
The Dodo
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Author : Tamara Green
language : en
Publisher: Gareth Stevens Publishing
Release Date : 1996
The Dodo written by Tamara Green and has been published by Gareth Stevens Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
Describes the physical characteristics and habits of the extinct dodo, a large flightless bird that lived on the islands of Mauritius and Reunion in the Indian Ocean.