Did you know there is a flightless bird that is extinct? It is called the Dodo bird.The Dodo bird’s home was an island called Mauritius located in the Indian Ocean. The Dodo bird is bigger than a turkey. The Dodo bird went extinct in 1662.
Compare and Contrast
Below is a comparison of the nicobar pigeon and dodo bird.
The nicobar pigeon can fly. The nicobar pigeon is small. The nicobar pigeon has lots of colors. The dodo is extinct, but the nicobar pigeon is not. The dodo bird can’t fly. The dodo bird is very big. The dodo bird is only one color. They both were hunted. The nicobar and the dodo both were very rare animals. The nicobar and the dodo both have big bills. The nicobar and the dodo lived on an island in the Indian Ocean.
Problem and Solution
Problem:Scientists are trying to bring back the Dodo bird but they don’t have any living relatives.
Solution: Scientists have found a few fossil that has just enough DNA that they need. They also found a very rare bird called the nicobar pigeon they can mix their DNA to make a replica of the Dodo Bird.
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