Step 1 : Introduction to the question "Before its extinction, where did the dodo bird live?"
...The dodo bird, a flightless bird that became extinct in the late 17th century, lived exclusively on the island of Mauritius in the Indian Ocean. First encountered by Dutch sailors around 1598, the dodo thrived in isolation for centuries with no natural predators. Unfortunately, the arrival of humans brought hunting and invasive species like rats, pigs, and monkeys, which devastated the dodo population by preying on their eggs and competing for food. Within less than a century of its discovery, the dodo was driven to extinction.