What is a dodo bird?
The dodo bird is an extinct bird, which is believed to have died out around 1681 AD. The dodo bird was a gray, flightless bird, and may be a distant relative of the pigeon family. It had a large, hooked beak, and a plume of white feathers adorned its tail. Surprisingly little is known about the dodo and its way of life. Some scientists believe that the dodo was extremely overweight, from between twenty and twenty three kilograms. Others speculate that it was much thinner, and that it was a running bird. There are no live specimens of dodo to examine, and paintings and drawings of the dodo show great differences in its size.
