I go by the one depicted with a guinea pig. I got a reproduction for my 5th or sixth birthday.
There is an interesting image at
[www.royalsoc.ac.uk]

&

[www.scienceclarified.com]

Not been able to locate the first ever picture though

Are there any actual photographs? I can't remember when exactly they went extinct. There are plenty of dodo skeletons, though, and at least one stuffed dodo (which was the inspiration for its appearance in both Alice in Wonderland and Jasper's books) in Oxford. There are also plenty of images in bird books of the time. So there are certainly references to work from--it's not like dinosaurs, where we can only guess.

I believe is was in the 1680s wait a sec.... (checks Google.com)...
Here we go!

Yay! I guessed almost correctly! Called RAPHUS CUCULLATUS

The dodo bird is an extinct bird, which is believed to
have died out around 1681 AD. The dodo bird was a gray,
flightless bird, and may be a distant relative of the
pigeon family. It had a large, hooked beak, and a
plume of white feathers adorned its tail.

Surprisingly little is known about the dodo and its way
of life. Some scientists believe that the dodo was
extremely overweight, from between twenty and twenty
three kilograms. Others speculate that it was much
thinner, and that it was a running bird. There are no
live specimens of dodo to examine, and paintings and
drawings of the dodo show great differences in its size.


Q: 2.. What is the scientific name of the dodo?

The scientific name of the dodo bird is "Raphus
Cucullatus".


Q: 3.. Where did the dodo bird live?

The dodo bird lived on the island of Mauritius, which
is located off the coast of Africa. On the island, the
dodo had few, if any, predators, and it was safe for the
bird to live on the ground. This changed with the
introduction of feral animals, and with the influence
of man.

Q: 4.. When was the dodo first discovered?

The dodo was first discovered in 1581, by visitors to the
island of Mauritius.


Q: 5.. When did the dodo become extinct?

The exact date is uncertain, but it is generally believed
that the dodo was extinct around 1681.

Thanks BibwitHart,

Those two images should do nicely.

Now to Google and see who makes Dod shaped cake tins.

If none available then geneticoculinary techniques will be brought into play to have Dodo-shaped Battenberg cake ready by end of month.

(I think I will have to use the anticlockwise turning DNA and brandy.)

Thanks BibwitHart,

Those two images should do nicely.

Now to Google and see who makes Dodo shaped cake tins.

If none available then geneticoculinary techniques will be brought into play to have Dodo-shaped Battenberg cake ready by end of month.

(I think I will have to use the anticlockwise turning DNA and brandy.)

Are there two bunyips? Or was there just a short burst of re-time?

Only if a passing monk gave her an hourglass...

My Chinese silky is ten years old in January! She has started laying again today (bit side tracked from dodos, sorry)

WOAH!
laying? Ours generally stop laying after five or so years!

How do they sleep?

How does what sleep?

She is much loved!
I try and discourage her from laying, but she keeps laying in Spring every year.
She actually did her best laying between the age of 4 & 7, no idea why. She is spoiled rotten, bits of dried apricot, cashew butter, fruit, she is a shameful beggar.

We had some feral chooks brought in and my dad fed them sand, gravel and cement. He was a research vet and was trying to get a bricklayer to finish the garage.

BibwitHart Wrote:
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> How does what sleep?
>

The chickens of course! If they don't lay, do they sleep standing up, like a horse, but with fewer legs?

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My computer beat me at chess, but I won at kickboxing

She does lie on her side sometimes ^_^ but not whilst laying