Had humans never set foot on Mauritius, these beautiful birds might still roam the island

Описание: How they reached this remote paradise remains a mystery, but they thrived undisturbed, free from natural predators, until settlers arrived in the late 1500s.

Prior to mankind’s intrusion, the flightless dodo was able to maintain a steady population even though it laid no more than one egg per year. But, with the introduction of one species came several more, which played a hand in decimating dodo numbers to zero.

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