The reading claims that dodo disappeared because of the human action. The lecturer, meanwhile, states that the main reason that dodos disappeared is not human action.
First, the reading declares that no humans on Mauritius the Dutch set down before, the dodos were not afraid of humans hence were not afraid of humans and weren’t difficulty hunted. The other animals, such as cats, dogs, pigs were also brought by the human and slaughtered them. The lecturer, however, claims that dodo was a kind of disgusted bird. At that time, dodos may have untasted or disgusted meat, even though dutch settlers were extremely hungry, they would not poach dodo as their food.
Second, the professor claims that human wanted to expand the farm and land, so they cut down the trees in the forests, which destroyed their living habitat. The listening, on the other hand, makes the argument that dodo lived on the ground, so they made their nests on the ground. Cutting trees won’t spoil their living habitats, because dodos lived on land and hatched on the ground. So humans won’t destruct the dodo bird.
Finally, although the reading mentions that disease will be spread among them, and they immediately disappeared, the lecturer states that there was a cyclone, or tornado came to the island they lived, so they suddenly disappeared because of high winds. The strong destroyed the nests and their eggs.
In conclusion, in the reading part, the professor claims that the main reason that dodos disappeared is human action, but the lecturer claims that dodos vanished is not human action.