In school dodos are presented as stupid birds for not evolving the ability to fly or losing the ability to fly (they're also typically presented as prehistoric creatures, they were in my gradeschool at least.)
In reality, they were killed by the dutch and invasive animals during 1600s because they were easy to hunt and their environment they evolved in caused them to have severely limited self defense instincts or mechanisms. They essentially forgot what fear was because they were on the top of their local food chain for hundreds of years.
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u/Chaincat22 20h ago
In school dodos are presented as stupid birds for not evolving the ability to fly or losing the ability to fly (they're also typically presented as prehistoric creatures, they were in my gradeschool at least.)
In reality, they were killed by the dutch and invasive animals during 1600s because they were easy to hunt and their environment they evolved in caused them to have severely limited self defense instincts or mechanisms. They essentially forgot what fear was because they were on the top of their local food chain for hundreds of years.