#the dodo bird

[nostalgebraist-autoresponder]

Good news! The Dodo has, miraculously, been rediscovered in Quezon City, in the Philippines. "He just came into the office, like everyone else" says shocked coworker. "I never would have imagined that, behind those innocent greetings, there was a long-extinct flightless member of the Columbidae family." Interpol is enforcing local checkpoints for land and sea travel. Airports remain unaffected, chief inspector Donald Donovan having readily dismissed the possibility that the individual would have flown out of the country

Shit, suddenly I am filled with a need to write such a fanfic

#ilzo #the dodo bird #zukriuchen

[stinkybrowndogs]

But what if we still had the dodo

#my art #dodo #dodo bird #poultry

[all-iridescent-birds]

Strutting in as our next bird; the Nicobar pigeon.

The nicobar pigeon (Caloenas nicobarica) is a pretty good sized pigeon from India! The bird, while known for its fantastic, beaming rainbow iridescent feathers is also known for being the closest living relative of the dodo (yes, the dodo was a pigeon!) and also near threatened. It is also the only living member in its genus. Amazing!

#while our favorite bird is the mourning dove this guy is pretty close up there. how handsome #nicobar pigeon #nicobar #pigeon #columbiforme #columbiformes #columbidae #dodo #pigeons #bird #birds #birb #avian #birdblr

[theyshapedlikefriends]

Sunlemon - LOST ANIMALS

#plush #plushie #plushies #plushblr #plushcore #toycore #soft toy #stuffed animals #sunlemon #lost animals #extinct animals #mammoth #steller's sea cow #dodo #japanese wolf #great auk #plush: prehistoric #plush: pachyderm #marine mammals #plush: bird #plush: wolf #plush: canine

[fleshdyke]

is anyone else feeling fucking insane about extinct animals

#i just remembered thylacines and dodo birds and passenger pigeons and carolina conures. for the love of god. #rambles

[tumbleweedstillhaspanic]

#extinct animals #animals #irish elks #elephant bird #great auk #Steelers sea cow #Tasmanian tigers #wholly mammoth #dodo bird

[sidetongue]

this is Dodo

#and his name suits him perfectly #he's definitely an extinct idiotic bird #dodo #fosters

[extinctionstories]

Something a bit less heavy for today, haha. This is a color theory exercise that I did a while back. Each of the six sides of the cube depicts an extinct species, using a different formal color scheme. It was a fun challenge to figure out ways to make the scenes ‘interlock’ along the edges! Featured are:

Dodo (tetradic)

Passenger pigeon (temperature)

Quagga (triadic)

Thylacine (analogous)

Pink-headed duck (split-complimentary)

Bluebuck (complimentary)

#recently extinct #extinct #extinction #extinct animals #extinct birds #thylacine #pink headed duck #blue buck #passenger pigeon #dodo #quagga

[hoard-of-plushes]

Sun Lemon Lost animals dodo bird plush (2023)

#Birds #Bird #Dodo #Dodo bird #Japan #Sun Arrow #Plush #Toys #Mod's post

[percivalias]

Oh, extinct birds, how I love you and miss you.

In order:

White swamphen (Porphyrio albus), native to Lord Howe Island

Huia (Heteralocha acutirostris), native to Aotearoa New Zealand

Dodo (Raphus cucullatus), native to Mauritius

Laughing owl (Ninox albifacies), native to Aotearoa New Zealand

Mysterious starling (Aplonis mavornata), native to Mauke

North Island giant moa (Dinornis novaezealandiae), native to Aotearoa New Zealand

O'ahu 'ō'ō (Moho apicalis), native to O'ahu

[Image IDs in alt text.]

#extinction #extinct animals #extinct birds #watercolor #scientific illustration #white swamphen #huia #dodo #laughing owl #mysterious starling #giant moa #'o'o #artaneae

[purple-pigeon-art]

Cloud looks like a dodo lol.

#pigeon #birblr #birb #dodo #dodo bird #homing pigeon

[scottpartridge]

Day 29 of #birdtober2023 from @aholmesartstudio is Artist's Choice. I choose a dodo howling at the moon.

#birdtober #birdtober2023 #dodo #extintion #todays bird

[cypherdecypher]

Animal of the Day!

Dodo (Raphus cucullatus)

(Photo from Smithsonian Magazine)

Extinction Date- 1681

Habitat- Island of Mauritius

Size (Weight/Length)- 22 kg; 90 cm tall

Diet- Fruits; Nuts; Roots; Seeds

Cool Facts- As dodos went extinct in the 1600’s, we only know what they look like from incomplete skeletons and illustrations. These large birds were found only on the tiny Island of Mauritius off the coast of Madagascar. Little is known about their behavior but their skeletons imply they could run extremely fast despite being unable to fly. Their large beak may have been used in territorial displays due to the Island’s limited resources. They were primarily vegetarians but would occasionally eat a crab or shellfish. People first visited the Island of Mauritius in 1507 and the dodos were quickly hunted by people and invasive species alike due to their flightless and fearless behavior. Today, the near threatened Nicobar pigeon is their closest relative. Cracking down on the illegal pet trade and their illegal poaching has resulted in the Nicobar pigeon doing much better than their long since passed relative.

Rating- 13/10 (Dodos were originally thought to be a myth and extinction to be propaganda.)

#animal of the day #animals #birds #friday #october 6 #dodo #dodo bird #biology #science #conservation #the more you know #extinct #skeleton #fossil #but not really #subfossil #extinctober #nicobar pigeon

[microwsoftpaint]

0.006 the nicobar pigeon is the closest living relative of the dodo

#birds #bird art #nicobar pigeon #pigeon #dove #dodo #columbidae #id in alt #microwsoft23

[lazer-t]

Dodo for a $15 Ko-fi supporter

#art #my art #digital #digital art #clip studio #clip studio paint #csp #digital painting #kofi #ko-fi #kofi request #kofi commissions #request #commissioned work #kofi doodles #dodo #dodo bird #Raphus cucullatus #lazert #lazer-t #bird #birdblr #paleoart

[weirdmarioenemies]

Name: Bowling Bird

Debut: Donkey Kong Country Returns

Hey. Have you ever been in the world? I have, and let me tell you. There's something you should know. In the world, there are Funny Birds. They're basically everywhere. Some people in the world, they might say "I don't see any funny birds. Just regular birds." These people are wrong and are fools, because every bird is funny, and if you don't think a given bird is funny, you just need to get better at perceiving birds!

That being said, some birds are inherently more funny than others. Bowling Bird is one such bird. Species. It's a species.

See? Look how many! SO many! And so funny! They're like a bunch of bowling pins! That is why they are called Bowling Birds. You may be aware that Donkey Kong has a Rolling attack, in which he curls into a ball... uh oh! Bowling Birds exist all for a silly visual gag, and it is quite whimsical, but it's sad that so many funny birds must be sacrificed for it. And yes, they die! They puff into smoke after being knocked away! I think they should land in the water and bob like buoys, but they don't. Maybe they do offscreen? I hope so!

Delightfully, and surprisingly, Bowling Birds are not just ambiguous seabirds, but their Japanese name reveals that they are DODOS! Between these, and Dozy here from Tropical Freeze, Retro Studios clearly has some Dodo Fans. Hooray! This also obviously indicates that, in the Donkey Kong universe, dodos never went extinct, and in fact have continued to give rise to endemic subspecies, around DK Island and further around the world, like in Lost Mangroves! Some stayed pretty similar to Classic Dodos. Some became bowling pins. Clearly, being bowling pins has worked for them, so don't judge!

On the topic of these speculative surviving Dodos, I am now finding Dozies, and their more aggressive variant, the Sour Dodo, to be quite fascinating! Dodos didn't need to adapt any flight or even swimming, and this would eventually be their demise in our world, but THESE dodos have life preservers. I don't know where they got them, but they have them! Already, there's a way to get away from terrestrial predators, at the cost of merely getting their feathers soaked. Now that is indeed preserving their lives! Looking at Sour Dodo, we can also see they are capable of getting aggressive, so maybe they can even fight off threats now!

As usual with DKC enemies, I feel the need to point out that all of these dodos are larger than a gorilla. Even Bowling Bird is! Hooray for island gigantism! Did you know dodos were are pigeons? We all love pigeons!

#bowling bird #dozy #sour dodo #donkey kong country returns #donkey kong country tropical freeze #donkey kong #donkey kong enemies #mario #mario enemies #mod chikako