Dodo foot (NHMW-ZOO-VS 97063)

3D Model

3D scan of a plaster cast of a dodo foot, which was brought from London to Vienna by Johann Natterer. Due to their life on an island ecosystem, dodos were not exposed to larger predators and evolved a complete absence of fear of humans, which made them easy prey and led to their extinction within 100 years after their discovery in 1598 by a Dutch fleet led by Van Warwjick.

The cast can be found in Hall 31 of the NHM Vienna.

It was digitized for the go!digital 3.0 project bITEM.

Specimen: Raphus cucullatus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Inventory number: NHMW-ZOO-VS 97063

Collection: NHMW, 1st Zoological Dept., Bird Coll. (curator: Swen Renner)

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Scanned and edited by V. Winkler & N. Brodtmann (NHMW)

Scanner: Artec Space Spider. Infrastructure funded by the FFG.