Syndactyly is the medical term for webbed or conjoined fingers or toes. In most cases the fingers are connected only by skin. It is rare that the bones are also fused together.
Dodo birds became extinct because of the combination of overhunting by humans and non-native predators that were introduced by humans to their native island. Dodo birds only inhabited the island of Mauritius, where they had no natural predators. Accordingly, the dodo bird had lost the power of flight and possessed few defensive behaviors by the time humans arrived on the island.
Thatâs what was said about the Myanmar Jerdonâs babbler, which was declared extinct after not having been seen since 1941. Last week, researchers confirmed that several adult Jerdonâs babblers were seen early last year. Could the dodo bird be found alive too?