Meet the closest living relative of the extinct dodo
The pigeon of nicobar lives on an island in the indian ocean
Have you ever seen a pigeon flying around? No? Perhaps because he is not the kind of pigeon that eats ladies' crumbs in the squares: he is the living animal that has the closest kinship of the dodo - the bird that made its last appearance recorded in the 17th century and which is already extinct (less Alice in Wonderland and the Ice Age).
To the dodo's fate, the colorful and fabulous feathers were all with the other part of the family. The explanation for so much glamur is that the pigeon-of-nicobar lives in a region without natural predators, in the Nicobar Islands (Indian Ocean), soon it can show itself at will. The sad part is that, like its ancestor, according to the International Union for the Conservation of Nature, the species is already almost threatened with extinction.
(FOTO: FLICKR/ C. P. EWING)
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