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Stressed out because if I forget to feed my Nintendodos the entire species goes extinct 😵‍💫

#shitposts #dodos #nintendogs #if you recognize where those dodos came from we would’ve hung out in the playground in elementary school

The extinct flightless pigeon has captured imaginations for over 400 years. Experts and artists are now revealing how much we have distorted

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Meet the Dodo, Day 30 of Extinct Bird Drawtober!

Pictured with the Tambalacoque, or Dodo Tree; a species also native to Mauritius that almost went extinct as well. Named originally for a now-debunked relationship with this bird, it is slowly making a comeback.

The dodo is arguably the most well-known extinct bird. It is, in fact, almost synonymous with extinction itself. The bird itself was not terribly remarkable: it was a ground-dwelling island bird about the size of a large turkey. Most popular depictions are based off a 1626 illustration of an overfed elderly bird in a private collection. Wild dodos were likely a dusky brown or gray and not particularly gluttonous or stupid. It was closest related to doves and pigeons and it likely shared their intelligence.

With no large native predators, the dodo was easy for passing sailors to hunt to extinction. It is not the only casualty: much of the environment of Mauritius is irrevocably altered by over 100 extinctions and many invasive pests. The island began intensive conservation work in the 1980s that continues to this day, and is often regarded as an example of successful ongoing conservation efforts in Africa. The dodo, itself, is honored on the official Mauritius seal.

#i have a lot of feelings about the dodo okay #tho this is the first time i've ever drawn one? i took a lot from indian and dutch illustrations of live birds #they probably werent this brown but eh #thanks for reading! one more day!#extinctbirds2025 #drawtober #dodo #dodos #mauritius #challenges

Pieter Holsteyn II (circa 1614–1673) Painting of a white dodo, based on a painting form 1611 by Roelant Savery. This painting itself might have been the basis of later white dodo painting.