The dodo bird
There are a
great many kinds of animals and birds in the wild .some have died out for ever;
some are in danger .the dodo is one of the birds which is now extinct. The early
Portuguese explorers were the first to see the dodo. They were seeking a safe sea-route to India and discovered the island of Mauritius
half –way across the Indian ocean in 1598.They used this island to have their
ships restocked with water and food .so
whenever European trading ships stopped at Mauritius ,the sailors went ashore
and hunted these birds for food .How did the food taste ?one sailor wrote : ``We
call them the disgusting birds because the longer their flesh is cooked ,