Question

When human settlers arrived on the island of Mauritus, they caused the Dodobird species to become extinct within 50 years. What did the settlers do to causetheir extinction?A. None of theseB. Brought new diseases with them that hadn't been on the island before and animals thatfed on their eggs.C. They brought animals that fed on their eggs and destroyed their forest habitat.D. Brought new diseases with them that hadn't been on the island before and destroyedtheir forest habitat.

Answer 1

The Dodo species was bing to extinction because of over-harvesting of the birds, habitat loss to other species, and a losing in competition for food, being the options none of the overall causes (A) of the extintion of these organisms because of the human settlers that arrived in Mauritus.