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.
The dodo was thought to be a monogamous bird meaning that it mated with only one partner for itâs entire life. Like all birds, it laid eggs, but usually only one at a time. The incubation period was about 49 days, and both parent participated in caring for the young once they hatched.