The dodo was a large flightless bird which used to inhabit the island of Mauritius. History ● 1507 – Portuguese ships transportingstopped at the island to collect food and water. ● 1638 – The Dutch established aon the island. ● They killed the dodo birds for their meat. ...
Although attempts were made to preserve the bodies of some of the birds, no complete specimen survives. In the early 17th century four dried parts of a bird were known to exist – of these, three have disappeared, so only one example of soft tissue from the dodo survives, a dodohead (Q...
剑桥雅思16Test4Part4听力答案解析 The extinction of the Dodo bird 雅思听力高频词汇 extinctionn. 灭绝,消失 例句:An operation is beginning to try to save a species of crocodile fromextinction. 一项努力拯救一个鳄鱼物种、使其免于灭绝的行动已经开始。 sailorn. 水手,海员 例句:Thesailorput in for time...
考满分 ielts C16 - Test 4 - Section4 - The Extinction of The Dodo Bird 结束训练 PART A PART B 00:00 00:00 第一段 - 552.0 秒 第1句 - 6.5 秒 第2句 - 9.3 秒 第3句 - 10.8 秒 第4句 - 13.5 秒 第5句 - 7.7 秒 第6句 - 16.5 秒 第7句 - 8.6 秒 第8句 - 11.2 秒 第9...
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The natural habitat (栖息地) of this kind of bird lay in the forest of Mauritius. Seeds (种子) and fruits that were found in the forest were the main food of the dodo birds. As they could easily get the food they required in the forest, they didn’t need to fly. As time went ...
of the dodo birds.As they got the food they required in the forest,the dodosweren't quite required to fly As time went by,first they lostthe desire to fly,and eventually the ability to fly.The extinction of the dodo started in 1505,as the Por-tuguese sailors set their foot on the ...
The extinction of the dodo (Raphus cucullatus L.; Fig. 1) is commonly dated to the last confirmed sighting in 1662, reported by Volkert Evertsz on an islet off Mauritius1,2. By this time, the dodo had become extremely rare — the previous sighting having
There are places where birds and the pivotal roles they play have vanished. The extinction of the dodo, the three-foot-tall flightless bird of Mauritius, could well be the cause of the decline of the tambalacoque tree, also known as the dodo tree, which is highly valued for its timber ...
The Europeans on the Island of Mauritius and the pigs they brought with them found the birds very good to eat. So large numbers of dodos were killed and by 1681可知先是水手们发现了渡渡鸟,然后人们不相信渡渡鸟不会飞,接下来欧洲人合住发现渡渡鸟很好吃,最后渡渡鸟就灭绝了,故选C。15.D.综合理解...