The extinct animals.

The dodo(extinct from 1681)

The dodo lived in the island Mauritius. It was a bird but it didn´t fly or swim. It lived on the ground and ate fruit. People came from Europe to live the island.They ate the dodo but…it tasted terrible! So they brought pigs to the island for food. But the pigs ate the dodos´fruit and the dodos had nothing to eat.In the end all the dodos died.

The sea cow ( extinct from 1768)

The sea cow was a very big mammal. It was about the size of a minibus and it lived in the freezing water near Alaska. It didn´t have any teeth and it ate very small plants. People hundet it for food and to make shoes from its skin.


The tiger wolf.(extinct from 1936)

The tiger wolf was a very strange and beautiful animal. It had a head like a wolf ,stripers on its back like a tiger, and a pouch for its babies like a kangaroo! It lived in Australia, on the island of Tasmania. It ate small animals. People hunted and killed the tiger wolf.


The Barbary lion. (extinct from 1960)

The barbary lion was 3 metres long. It had black hear on its neck. It lived in North Africa. It ate other animals .It is extinct because people hundet it.

The supercroc (extinct millions of years ago)

The supercroc was 12 metres long. It had a big mouth and a long teeth. It lived in Africa. It ate fish and other animals. It is extinct because the rivers disappeared.