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An ostrich will either puff up and spread out its wings to look bigger and scare off the predator or it will use its beak or legs.
Different species have different methods.
In Australia, there are no natural predators of healthy adult emus. However, they do possess a unique defence capability, which would aid them if they were in the position of having to outrun a large predator. When running at top speed, the physiological structure of their feet enables them to make sudden 180-degree turns which not even a small cat can do: by the time a bigger creature slowed enough to make the turn, the emu would be 50-60 metres ahead in the opposite direction.
The kiwi of New Zealand is nocturnal, which enables it to hunt for food when there are fewer predators about. The kiwi digs a burrow for nesting, which provides protection from all natural predators, but it is quite helpless against introduced cats, dogs and stoats.
A cassowary has a hard helmet on top of its head, and powerful legs with very sharp claws. They are well-matched for native predators, but can be run to death by dogs.
Once the dodo (Raphus cucullatus) and their eggs were discovered by sailors, and found to be good to eat, they were eventually wiped out - hence the saying, "As dead as a Dodo!" The first recorded mention of the dodo was in 1598. The last accepted sighting of a dodo was in 1662. Being flightless, they really had no defence - not only from man, but also from the domesticated animals (dogs, cats, and rats) that man brought with them.
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How meany dodo birds are there?
As the Dodo is an extinct flightless bird, there are none alive today.
What is a bird name that has only four letters and it is extinct and flightless?
The dodo bird.
What is an extinct bird that cannot fly?
One flying reptile that is extinct is a pterosaur.Pteranodon
What does flightless extinct bird dronte mauritius have in common?
The Answer id DODO
What is a clumsy flightless bird now extinct?
It was the Dodo (Raphus cucullatus).
Four letter word for flightless bird?
kiwi rhea dodo
Why was the dodo bird enderangerd?
the Dodo bird was endangered because sailors had no food on the boats so the decided to eat the big flightless birds.
What was the dodo bird's prey?
The dodo bird is a bird that is now extinct. It was a flightless bird whose diet consisted primarily of fruit. To help the dodo digest its food, it would eat small rocks and stones.
Is dodo singular or plural?
The word "dodo" is singular; a word for an extinct flightless bird. The plural form is dodos.
How do dodo become extinct?
The dodo was a flightless bird that became extinct when sailors killed them for sport and food. Having no predators where they lived, the dodo had become flightless and trusting enough to fall easy prey to sailors.
Name three extinct animals give you short notes about them?
1.kiwi-small flightless bird 2.dodo-lager flightless bird 3.?
Which mya did dodo birds live in?
. The dodo (Raphus cucullatus) was a flightless bird endemic to the Indian Ocean island of Mauritius.
