5 Mysteries of the Dodo Finally Solved - Appearance, Name, Extinction, Taxonomy, White Dodo

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All.About.Nature

5 ай бұрын

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In this video we're looking at 5 mysteries of the Dodo, and how they were solved.
1. What did it look like?
2. Why is it called the Dodo?
3. How did it go extinct?
4. What type of bird is it?
5. Does the legendary white dodo of Reunion exist?
Thanks for watching!
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A Drop in the Ocean - Jakob Ahlbom
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@kraikein 5 ай бұрын

You know despite the white dodo not being a real species, I can bet the artistic representations probably existed at one point as a living animal. It’d be mainly dodos with leucism, which is partial pigment loss compared to albinism which is total pigment loss. It reminds me of seeing leucistic penguins. Fantastic video!

@Skyypixelgamer 5 ай бұрын

There’s a theory going around that dodos during breeding seasons gained a lighter color. So it’s possibly a real phenomenon. Edit: nvm it only supports evidence of its grey depictions

@saqueas 5 ай бұрын

Ever since I was a kid, I was always sad that the Dodo was gone. I always thought it looked gentle and cute. Great video, thank you!

@RoundSeal 5 ай бұрын

It breaks my heart that it took such a relatively tiny amount of human contact to destroy so many species.

@WobblesandBean 5 ай бұрын

Yes. We're the worst thing to happen to the earth since the great Cambrian extinction.

@lurji 4 ай бұрын

@@WobblesandBeandid you mean the end-permian extinction?

@chadgorosaurus4898 15 күн бұрын

Human advancement is an extinction

@user-zs1bp4ie3z 5 ай бұрын

It is really such a shame that the Mascarenes were pillaged by settlers, there were so many unique species that I wish we could've seen

@WobblesandBean 5 ай бұрын

Humankind is inherently destructive and violent. Everything we see, we destroy.

@yanina.korolko 5 ай бұрын

The so called "Arab sailor map of 975" shown in the video 2:06 is the -- Cantino planisphere or Cantino world map = a manuscript Portuguese world map preserved at the Biblioteca Estense in Modena, Italy. It is named after Alberto Cantino, an agent for the Duke of Ferrara, who successfully smuggled it from Portugal to Italy in 1502. It measures 220 x 105 cmactuality the Cantino planisphere (1502), Biblioteca Estense, Modena, Italy "dina aRobi" or "dina Arobii" translates to "Deserted Island" not "desert island" P.S (added through editing) THANK you for the video! also, thank you for reading my comment. I mean well. Best regards

@sunny_muffins 5 ай бұрын

Thanks for commenting this. When I saw the map I was like "wait a minute..." 🤨

@yanina.korolko 5 ай бұрын

@@sunny_muffins

@joelledurben3799 4 ай бұрын

Thank you for the map id - I wondered about that, given the lack of Arabic script. Also, "desert" used to mean "Wild... uninhabited; uncultivated" (Samuel Johnson's dictionary, 1773) - exactly like we use "deserted" today - so it's probably an accurate older translation of the name.

@yanina.korolko 4 ай бұрын

@@joelledurben3799 thank you. yes, dina aRobi/dina Arobii = deserted, wild uninhabited island.

@noneyobizniz8991 3 ай бұрын

This was the coolest video about a Dodo I've seen. I'm a professional artist, so I LOVE that a random illuminated manuscript page gives us a depiction of a Dodo more accurate than the scientists

@memegalodon4522 5 ай бұрын

Truth is the birds were never "dumb", they just didnt fear humans since they had never seen any before.

@RCSVirginia 5 ай бұрын

To @memegalodon4522 In his book "The Song of the Dodo," David Quammen uses the phrase "ecological naïveté" to describe the behaviour of animals, particularly those endemic to islands, that do not recognize non-native predators and are thus unable to take precautions against them.

@That-one-thing7669 5 ай бұрын

One of the extinct species that shouldn’t be extinct

@user-qt6sf6yl1f 4 ай бұрын

Nothing should

@asoncalledvoonch2210 4 ай бұрын

@@user-qt6sf6yl1f What about all the species that went extinct before humans ? Who you gonna blame those extinctions on without using humans as scapegoating ?

@user-qt6sf6yl1f 4 ай бұрын

@@asoncalledvoonch2210 I mean nothing that got extinct by humans.Do you think me saying "Nothing should" would also suggested dinosaurs or what

@CircussCake 3 ай бұрын

@@user-qt6sf6yl1f On the internet everyone needs a specification of every single detail or else you'll have your words twisted into a malicious second meaning.

@JANA_WINCHESTER 5 ай бұрын

You take so many source materials and somehow manage to put them into a very interesting and educational order without ever getting monotonous or repetetive. I swear my brain grows with every minute of your content haha love ya! Hope to see more of you in the future!

@all.about.nature1987 5 ай бұрын

Thank you. I put a lot of work in because I also love learning about the topic as I study it. Glad you enjoy it too.

@BreadBoxVideo 5 ай бұрын

You present information beautifully, definitely one of the best nature and taxonomy channels.

@all.about.nature1987 5 ай бұрын

Thanks so much!

@mds_main 4 ай бұрын

This was probably the best dodo video I've seen so far, you did a very good job. On the last part, while we may probably be able to bring them back, I wonder if we should. The world has changed so much in the meantime, maybe it is best to leave the dodo as as a memento while we focus on preserving the species we still have today before it is too late.

@sharendonnelly7770 5 ай бұрын

Great video! You say, "I know that my videos aren't perfect, but each time I strive to do better." I say, you are awesome with your videos every time, and very educational and interesting. Keep it up, as you are great and your content is valuable information for everyone. Thank you!

@all.about.nature1987 5 ай бұрын

That's very kind of you. Thanks!

@morbiddawg 5 ай бұрын

Road to 50k subs. Thank you for this another amazing video

@user-be1qy7vn6s 5 ай бұрын

Who said that your video are not perfect they are perfect . Because of the way you give us the information , the way You encourage us to save our planet to conserve our extinct species of animals and plant and give them the biggest chance for them to call this planet home

@lindsayschmidt2177 5 ай бұрын

The dodo always makes me think of the song Deuteronomy 2:10 by The Mountain Goats, which describes multiple extinct animals, including the dodo: “Laze by the shoreline while the sailors disembark Scratch out a place to sit and rest down in the dark Smell something burning downwind just a little ways They set up camp and sing and sweat for days I have no fear of anyone I’m dumb and wild and free I am a flightless bird And there will be no more after me.”

@YouDontGnomeMe 5 ай бұрын

I did not know dodos were pigeons! Super cool video!

@impossiblygeo 5 ай бұрын

i hate how the dodos extinction is due to the fault of humans, yet we twisted history to pretend that they were the foolish ones, unable to adapt.

@Kurominos1 5 ай бұрын

isnt htat how humans are now ? so we are now the "dodo" we change the planet the planet acts up and changes even more with harsher dry seasion or heavy rain and so all the other living thigns try theyr best to deal with it and adapt to it exept humans we stil ltry to live in our comfy human made bubble where no harm can come to us until nature will be so harsh this bubble pops and we will simply go extinct nature be like you eat venomouse /poisono stuff ok get imune to it you live in the freezing cold ? get use to it humans : work since tausands of years with fire ...still gets heavily burned by fire using spears and other stuff like knifes still gets easily cut /hurt by it

@megazillasaurus 5 ай бұрын

I am only glad its extinct because its in the order columbiformes, which is a excessive order that only exists to contribute to more bird orders and species than reptiles and mammals, and nothing else

@toserveman9265 5 ай бұрын

You hate humans, you hate yourself, must be a liberal

@SovietYugoslav 5 ай бұрын

There not extinct. I saw one in Mauritius a few months ago

@WobblesandBean 5 ай бұрын

Sadly it's pretty common for humans to do that. We say the same thing of the Kakapo today, an animal nearly extinct because of human activity. We act like simply because it cannot fly, that it's some brainless bird too dumb to survive. We also said the same thing of Stellar's Sea Cow, whom humans ate into oblivion in just a few decades after its discovery. It was a surface dwelling member of Sirenia, similar to manatees. Like manatees it led a fairly laid back, slow paced life and had no natural predators, so history regards it as some dumb, lumbering meat log who didn't have the sense to avoid getting hunted into oblivion.

@shawndickmann8215 5 ай бұрын

Great informational video. Keep it up sir.

@thomasmorin9315 5 ай бұрын

Great video, thank you for your wonderful work

@all.about.nature1987 5 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching and for the comment.

@titanofserpents4315 5 ай бұрын

I love exploration and finding new things. And I guess that I can understand if you need to take a little bit so that you can feed yourself so you don't starve to death while you're exploring. Heck, I guess I could even understand setting up a little structure for yourself so that you can study things in more detail for a while. But people take things way too far sometimes 😕

@beaches3220 4 ай бұрын

Just found the channel. Can't wait to enjoy the rest of the videos!!

@QuickManSimp 4 ай бұрын

I know I’m really late but this is one of my favorite videos from this channel; the music and descriptions feel so mystic and intrigue you to want to know more, plus the way the info is presented adds more to the aura, it’s so hard to find interesting videos like this; plus I never really researched the dodo much because it felt very surface level when it comes to extinct animals but the fact that there’s so much deeper has me wondering so much more

@messiahmatrix 5 ай бұрын

Great video, thank you for posting this, I never heard of the “white dodo bird “.

@jacklantern7479 5 ай бұрын

Awesome video, subscribed

@sauraplay2095 4 ай бұрын

Great video aan!

@alisonr819 5 ай бұрын

Excellent video, thank you. I am reading The Dodo and the Solitaire by Jolyon Parish and although meticulously researched, it is a very dry read. This video brought it all to life.

@bailey2913 5 ай бұрын

My local museum has a mummified dodos head, the museum collection was started by Barron Rothschild, it’s been re named now to the Tring museum.

@LisaKini 5 ай бұрын

Beautiful video! About the Dodo sound, I wonder if their mating-call/dance was anything like the Victoria Crowned Pigeon's. A metal head bob with a low "do do", terrifying really.

@all.about.nature1987 5 ай бұрын

I agree. The Victoria Crowned Pigeon has one of the most haunting bird calls out there.

@mkadam010 5 ай бұрын

A many thank you for making this video !!

@lvl1frog 2 ай бұрын

i love all ur videos!!

@cmciff4054 4 ай бұрын

Well done video, really appreciate how you pull recent info together and lay it out so clearly. Such an iconic species, really deserves this kind of look.

@BMW7series251 5 ай бұрын

Many thanks for this most informative video. I enjoy all your work. Thank you. Regards, John. UK.

@all.about.nature1987 5 ай бұрын

Thanks John!

@PastaCool 5 ай бұрын

Thanks for the vid m8

@Thomas-yr9ln 4 ай бұрын

Samantha congerd one up on Bewitched when she needed the tail feather of one so I know everything I need to know about one.

@MocaDK 4 ай бұрын

A bit pedantic, but the name of the bird in Danish is not "dodo", but "dronte" (alternative older spelling "drunte"); according to the dictionary, this comes from the exact same word in Dutch. In the diachronic dictionary, it is furthermore commented as being "the swan with the hood", though it is unclear from entry if this is a translation - I don't think it is 🤔 But it does fit well with the descriptions of the dodo looking as if it had a hood or veil 🙂 All this being said, I suspect that "dronte" does originally come from "dodo" in same way, though the dictionaries don't actually say this. Still a very good video that seem well researched and relevant images to accompany your points -I like a good visual effort 🙂

@blistlelo1700 5 ай бұрын

That list in the video is inaccurate as the Danes, like the rest of Scandinavians, don't call the bird Dodo like most other languages. Scandinavia just uses the Dutch word Dronte or just Dront in Swedish which means "swollen" in Dutch. It came from the crew from the Dutch ship Gelderland. I had always thought the word Dront sounded like a fitting name for a large flightless prehistoric/ancient extinct bird (even if it wasn't that prehistoric nor ancient) so I thought it was named for its large size, grayish color or sound. I was surprised as a kid finding out that it wasn't called Dront in English and most languages but Dodo which I found stupid, silly, childish and informal but at the same time fitting nickname for a large cute round lump of flesh. It's similar to why I found it stupid to call the thylacine as Tasmanian tiger just due to the few stripes when it looked more like a canine version of a marsupial in general appearance. It could have been called a marsupial/Tasmanian wolf/dog or even tiger/striped wolf/dog. We call it a "pungvarg" which means "marsupial wolf" or "pouch wolf" but could also mean "scrotal wolf" which is coincidentally fitting as the males also have a pouch for their sacks, meaning they have conveniently a sack inside a sack for extra protection. Maybe calling it a tiger stuck easier in our consciousness than calling it a wolf or dog but I just prefer calling it thylacine since it sounded more unique and special that it is as its own single word and don't need to use any spacebars or capital letters spelling it.

@lindamurdoch9888 5 ай бұрын

wow, you did a ton of research for this. Way to go! It will be amazing if we get to see a de-extinction of the dodo.

@user-qt6sf6yl1f 4 ай бұрын

It will be hybrid no Dodo will real come back de-extinction as we can achieve so far is kinda misleading nothing extinct really come back.

@teresalopez7081 5 ай бұрын

Definitely one of the species to unextinct…❤hoping it happens one day …

@dodoxasaurus6904 5 ай бұрын

My one wish before I die that my younger self put down, was to see a living cloned Dodo bird

@user-qt6sf6yl1f 4 ай бұрын

But it wouldn't be a real Dodo

@dodoxasaurus6904 4 ай бұрын

@@user-qt6sf6yl1f alas yes

@bootlegboi66 5 ай бұрын

Homie your videos are perfect

@cliffmiles8862 5 ай бұрын

Thanks!

@all.about.nature1987 5 ай бұрын

Wow. I've never seen this feature before. Thank you so much! That's incredibly kind of you. 🙏🏼

@ericamoore1365 Ай бұрын

Very kind if only I had a bit to eat 😕

@AnimalsVehiclesAndMore 4 ай бұрын

I've also heard that the Dodo's DNA has been sequenced. That, combined with the fact that the Nicobar Pigeon, which is the closest living relative to Dodo, is, well, still here means that the Dodo can possibly be cloned and brought back.

@andrewgraves4026 4 ай бұрын

These videos are pretty close to perfect. I hope you know that YOU are what’s valuable. Video production value isn’t even on my radar - I hope you aren’t chasing it.

@Barley150 4 ай бұрын

As a longtime resident of Sacramento, California, I have often been told that the Crocker Art Museum's drawing of the dodo was the only one in the world done from life. Your fine video uses the drawing at the film's opening, but I don't know if you consider it to be that authentic. -- charles johnson

@KeyLimeAllaTime 4 ай бұрын

Who did the reading for the Dutch Vice Admiral? That voice sounds so familiar but I don't see them credited anywhere-

@pattheplanter 5 ай бұрын

Baby pigeons are very much like a dodo. Neoteny is a technical term for that kind of retention of juvenile characteristics in adults.

@Firestar-TV 5 ай бұрын

😍 awesome that Colossal added the Dodo to their List. I hope we can still see them during my Lifetime 🦤🦤

@fightingfisherman9690 5 ай бұрын

Dead as a dodo. Great video got visit the island. They never would lived today. There nature is under attack really bad. Over fishing mainly and lost land to Farms for rum.

@all.about.nature1987 5 ай бұрын

It's sad really. And this story is repeated on so many islands around the world today.

@tomeeshahaller4226 2 ай бұрын

If scientists do bring back the dodo there's going to be a lot that needs to be done to ensure it doesn't go extinct a second time if they plan to reintroduce the dodo onto Mauritius.

@BoB-13 5 ай бұрын

I hope to see the Dodo alive and return to their supposed habitat.

@m.streicher8286 5 ай бұрын

The best you'll get is a modified guinea hen

@BoB-13 4 ай бұрын

@@m.streicher8286 better than nothing I guess

@Raptorworld22 5 ай бұрын

31:11 Okay, but then that's not "bringing back the dodo" and it shouldn't be advertised as such, it's selectively mutating a different pigeon species into looking like a faux-dodo. This is the "chicken-saurus" all over again.

@chadgorosaurus4898 15 күн бұрын

We could've had pet Dodos if those idiots didn't kill them off. They could've been great pets since apparently, they were surprisingly intelligent for birds. They weren't stupid.

@orpheus1662 5 ай бұрын

This was fantastic I’d give it 10/10

@peterashby-saracen3681 5 ай бұрын

The science of de-extinction is fascinating and I very much hope that it will bring some species back (the New Zealand Huia is on my list) but only on the condition that there is sufficient appropriate ecosystem for them to return to. One thing that puzzles me about the Dodo project is that while there is genetic material in existence from species such as the Thylacine, if I understand correctly, the Dodo de-extinction would be entirely based on erngineering the genes of the Nicobar pigeon, in which case any resulting birds could not be regarded as "real" dodos. If it does happen, perhaps the species should be renamed the Mauritius Ground Pigeon instead of keeping the negative associations of "dodo".

@IntelligentElephant71133 5 ай бұрын

Man i miss the dodo 🦤 😢 🪦

@IntelligentElephant71133 5 ай бұрын

@allaboutnature thank you for the heart ❤️

@Eos_Galvus 4 ай бұрын

If the dodo is as tame as they saty, you know what would be lovely? Deextincting the darlings and breeding some for the pet trade.

@wastelandr8 4 ай бұрын

Hey what vegetables were they eating on islands?

@brianhansen2202 4 ай бұрын

Great video, but why make that strange voice when reading old texts?

@jimmyrecard6021 21 күн бұрын

15:22

@PronghornPunk2 5 ай бұрын

oh geez, The Dodo youtube channel Does NOT focus on the well being of animals. They post tons of 'cute' videos of animals with poor welfare, animals interacting with other species that shouldn't be allowed together for eachothers safety, it's a clickbait mill

@Kurominos1 5 ай бұрын

your last part in nature animals dont care often about that i dont mean your wrogne about this but i have also seen stuff like african wilddogs being cool with an hyena a lioness being friends with a leopard and so one its not allways how we humans want it or think it to be nature dont have any real rules

@PronghornPunk2 5 ай бұрын

@@Kurominos1 Nature is one thing, Humans intentionally letting domestic Cats/Reptiles (just as an example) interact is another (cat's claws have microbes that can kill the reptile, they can easily harm each-other) It's a responsible animal husbandry thing

@PronghornPunk2 5 ай бұрын

I'm talking specifically about captive situations

@Kurominos1 5 ай бұрын

tbh not everythign ppl say its true my cats brought home lizards ,and even snakes some hat a lot of bruised from the fight with the cat and they recover compeltly fine with no permanent problem after all they need is a quite place and some rest same with htis a cats teeth have bateria that will kill birds so when a cat bites or scratches a bird its already over same story its not terue if the bird isnt fataly injured it wil lalso recover compeltly and can be released back into the wild nowadays thers so much missinformatio and bad stuff spreding around in humanity same with stray cats are the fault that birds and reptiles decline we compeltly get out of the way that in most of these areas everythign is concrete the few bushes and grasses that exist get mown 20 times a week or sprayed with mass pestizides everythign is clean and sterile everythign is soaked iin chemicals and then the birds dont find shelter ,dont find food often have to drink out of pools or fountains with chlor water cause thers no other water aroudn anymore cause everythign is concrete and asphalt then the birds die or get badly sick < and then we say its the cats lol i live in the coutnryside here are at least 40 "stray" cats together with hawks ,foxes ,jacals and other predators aned we have so many small birds cause here its just nature the birds find enough stuff to hide ,to build nests high up in trees and things ppl should look way deeper why stuff isnt there and not just belive the things others want you to belive @@PronghornPunk2

@PronghornPunk2 5 ай бұрын

@@Kurominos1 #1: just because a lizard can potentially survive an interaction with a cat doesn’t mean it should be encouraged. Again, I’m talking about captive situations, like forcing your cat and bearded dragon pet to interact. #2: free-ranging domestic cats kill 1.3-4.0 billion birds and 6.3-22.3 billion mammals annually, and that’s just in the United States. Cats are literally one of the worst invasive species for biodiversity, right behind humans. Cats have contributed heavily to the extinction of over 60 species, and counting. Not to mention how dangerous it is for the cats to be outside. They can get hit by a car, poisoned, sick, taken by a predator, etc etc etc. I don’t know what country you’re in, but I’d recommend you research more on the topic.

@JulyEmerald 3 ай бұрын

I don't know how real they are but there's a few videos floating around saying people have spotted them😂

@mute_ed984 5 ай бұрын

I don’t see that big of a problem with the different Color schemes described. Maybe it was male and female looking different. Like on Ducks today. There the male also comes with a greenish head and kind of grey shades for the rest of the and the female different shades of brown. 🦆 And there is also a white variant like on Indian Runners

@jascha8681 14 күн бұрын

There would be a lot less from gender then

@mikesantillanmx5530 5 ай бұрын

Part of me hopes scientist are able to clone the Dodo and resurrect a flock of them, because I find tragic, horrible, sad and unfair that humans caused their extinction. But then there's all the Jurassic Park dilemas. Not that it would lead to Dodos attacking people, but to all of the embrios and animal abuse and harm that such a gargantuesque project would require, along with the unimagiable consequences that it would bring. We just passed a global pandemic for messing up with wild animals, who knows what a possible scenarios would bring a flock of resurrected birds.

@RCSVirginia 5 ай бұрын

To @mikesantillanmx5530 This is a totally different situation. Every bit of information that keeps coming out about the Covid-19 Pandemic points to a greater likelihood that a bat virus was deliberately altered to make it more infectious to human beings and that negligent safety precautions in laboratories in China allowed it to escape. Bringing back extinct animals would involve very different techniques.

@daveyhouston 5 ай бұрын

I have a subscription to the dodo

@jeffkiesner9971 5 ай бұрын

❤

@henriquemoniz5283 15 күн бұрын

Map of arabs from 975 with portugal written in there. It was off from the birth of that nation by a century. And then Brasil/America is also there when it was only discovered in 1450~/1500. I doubt that that map is from 975 and that were the arabs that made it.

@user-uc7vm3wi3b 4 ай бұрын

Just for you to know the dodo youtube channel that you said cars about animals shares videos about animals like a cat and a rat being friends but not putting anywarnings about what could happen if you do per animals that the should be together and they only care about views but your channel curse absolutely about animals and your the best😤😤😤😤😑😑❤

@yassercastillo2607 5 ай бұрын

Not 150 million 😮 wow

@bertbinion7420 5 ай бұрын

What are we going to do with a Dodo like bird. The ecosystem that supported it no longer exists. It would be a novelty like cats that glow in the dark. People will take money for these kinds of projects as long as someone is willing to provide it. Why not concentrate on species still exist.

@eljanrimsa5843 5 ай бұрын

We will destroy some island biotope to create a managed park environment where our frankensteined Nicobar pigeon-dodo hybrid can survive

@RCSVirginia 5 ай бұрын

@bertbinion7420 Having a living, breathing Dodo would be a strong incentive for Mauritius to expand preserves, such as Black River and Grande Montagne that already exist, to provide suitable habitat for a number of the resurrected Dodos.

@pedrogabrielduarte4544 5 ай бұрын

Man i hate that cgi internet short called the last dodo were a dodo touches the camera and i don't like wild Animals touching the camera especially flightless birds!

@Firestar-TV 5 ай бұрын

It wasn't intended to be like that. Just to infuriate People due to a Fake being claimed to be real. It is actually Part of a Commercial about Conservation and Idiots on the Internet just took that Part and claimed it to be real