That was possible, because of the isolation of it’s habitat island without any natural predators, unfortunately that led also to their extinction. The biggest found birds could be around 1m (36“ or 3 feet) tall and weighted about 18kg (2,857 stones or 40 lb). The closest relatives to the dodo are pigeons and doves, but the dodo was much larger in size. The Dodo bird (lat.: Raphus Cucullatus) was a flightless bird and native to the island of Mauritius. The only one dodo skeleton that is made up from the bones of a single animal was sold in 2016 for $430.000
Made in and shipped from my studio in Germany.Īfter ordering I will send you a picture of your Dodo, when it’s ready for shipping.Īll real Dodo skeletons in museums and private collections today are composites made up from bones that belonged to several individual animals.
The one you will get after ordering is like the one in the photos, but because I build and paint them by hand, every one will be slightly different in detail and is a unique art piece, signed and dated under the base (of course with little felt pads). Visit it! It’s wonderful with Kids, too: I’m a maker of artisan science sculptures like dinosaur skulls or dodo bird skeletons.Īshley Hall, scientists at the museum of the Rockies in Montana got her Dodo sculpture from me (see my Instagram: PROARTCUT ) Also the french Muséum de l’Ardèche - Fossiles et dinosaures in the beautiful town of Balazuc, is showing one of my Dodo sculptures in there exposition. The Dodo … This unusual bird and it’s story have captivated me my hole life, since I was a little boy and I always wanted a skeleton for myself.
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