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Portuguese Sailors
Portuguese Sailors landed on the island of Mauritius discovering rare species that is the Dodo. -
Francois Cauche
Francois Cauche had supposedly encountered what is perceived to be the Dodo bird, describing its reproductive process. -
last sighting of the bird
The most widely accepted date of the last sighting of the bird, Dutch mariner Volker Evertsz -
Sighting of the Dodo emerged
Another claimed sighting of the Dodo emerged, said to have been discovered by Isaac Johannes Lamotius outside of Amber Island. -
Extinction
The estimated extinction date of the Dodo bird according to statistical analysis of recorded sightings done by Roberts and Solow. Though the date was discovered in the 17th century, its extinction was not recognized until the 19th century, when people accepted the thought of extinction of an animal, which was previously believed to be impossible. -
The Dodo became popular
The Dodo became popular in Lewis Carrol’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, being referred to as something that had become obsolete. Similarly at this time, phrases such as “dead as a dodo” and “go the way of the dodo” emerged, being used to describe something that has become undoubtedly dead and long out of date. -
The bones of Dodos
An expedition of Mauritius island shows the bones of Dodos possibly swept away by a flash flood, with the mass mortalities caused further endangering the already small population of the birds.
