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WHAT ANIMAL IS IT? The Dodo was an omnivorous and oviparous animal. Its beak was very long (23 cm) and a hook-shaped tip that probably allowed him to break the shells of coconuts

DESCRIPTION
The dodo was a bird about one meter tall with a weight of between 13 and 25 kg and grey plumage. His legs were yellow and stout, with a few ruffled feathers on its back. He had very small wings, which together with its great weight and sternum were insufficient to bear him unable to fly.

WHEN DID IT LIVE?

HABITAT The dodo or Dronten (Raphus cucullatus) is an extinct species of bird Columbiformes Raphidae family. It was a flightless bird endemic to the islands of Mauritius, located in the Indian Ocean.

FOSSILS A dodo egg is exposed at the Museum of East London in South Africa. One of the remains that have survived more intact and the only ones who have preserved some soft tissues are set out in the Natural History Museum, University of Oxford, consisting of the head and legs of a single individual.

EXTRA INFORMATION
The remains of the last specimen known stuffed dodo were kept in the Ashmolean Museum, but by 1755 the museum's curator, given the state of deterioration, discard it In June 2007, adventurers exploring a cave in Mauritius they found, so far, most complete and best preserved skeleton of dodo.