Even more devastating were the effects of the non-native animals brought to the island. It was easily hunted by European sailors and colonists who also began to cut down its forest home. The Dodo’s flightless nature made it vulnerable once humans arrived. Edward Lucie-Smith, 1970, Six More Beasts "The dodo was (perverse distinction) immortalized by his extinction."
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