The reading sates that humans were responsible for the dodo’s extinction. The lecture, however, disagrees and claims it was not humans who killed the dodo.
The first point the reading mentions is that the flightless dodo was unafraid of humans, so they could easily hunt it. It also maintains that many animals brought by the Dutch hunted dodos and their eggs. On the contrary, the professor asserts that the Dutch did not hunt the dodo because they despised the taste of its meat.
The second point in the reading brought up is that deforestation by the Dutch destroyed the dodo’s natural habitats. However,the professor first claims that deforestation did not cover the entire island nor did it kill many other bird species. He next declares that dodos did not nest in trees, so their disappearance should not have bothered the dodo.
Finally, in contrast to the reading’s argument that a disease brought by the Dutch may have killed the dodos, the professor says the dodo population may already have been declining. He then blames the extinction of the dodo on massive cyclones that destroyed their nests and eggs.
TOEFL listening lectures: Which event or development did not strongly influence the history of bread?
The reading sates that humans were responsible for the dodo’s extinction. The lecture, however, disagrees and claims it was not humans who killed the dodo.
The first point the reading mentions is that the flightless dodo was unafraid of humans, so they could easily hunt it. It also maintains that many animals brought by the Dutch hunted dodos and their eggs. On the contrary, the professor asserts that the Dutch did not hunt the dodo because they despised the taste of its meat.
The second point in the reading brought up is that deforestation by the Dutch destroyed the dodo’s natural habitats. However,the professor first claims that deforestation did not cover the entire island(,) nor did it kill many other bird species. He next declares that dodos did not nest in trees, so their disappearance should not have bothered the dodo.
Finally, in contrast to the reading’s argument that a disease brought by the Dutch may have killed the dodos, the professor says the dodo population may already have been declining. He then blames the extinction of the dodo on massive cyclones that destroyed their nests and eggs.
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Kitos. 8/10