Question

The dodo, a bird that lived on islands, became extinct in the 17th century. Dodo birds could not run fast or fly. Sailors hunted them for food. Settlers brought predators like pigs and monkeys, which ate the dodo birds. The dodo bird became extinct because of

A) human activities.
B) scarcity of food.
C) changes in climate.
D) inability to lay enough eggs.

Answer 1

A) Human Activities
It's commonly believed that the dodo went extinct because Dutch sailors ate the beast to extinction after finding that the bird was incredibly easy to catch due to the fact it had no fear of humans