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Ostriches are
large flightless birds. They are the
heaviest and
largest living birds, with
adult common ostriches weighing anywhere between 63.5 and 145...
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extant species of
ostriches, the only
living members of the
genus Struthio in the
ratite order of birds. The
other is the
Somali ostrich (Struthio molybdophanes)...
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living species of
ostriches, the
other being the
common ostrich. It was also
previously considered a
subspecies of the
common ostrich, but was identified...
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expression derives from the
supposed habit of
ostriches to
stick their head in the sand
rather than face danger.
Ostriches do not
actually bury
their heads in the...
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possible origin for the myth that
ostriches bury
their heads in sand to
avoid danger lies with the fact that
ostriches keep
their eggs in
holes in the sand...
- Arabia, Jordan, Iraq and
Syria meet. Once
common in the
Israeli Negev,
ostriches became extinct in the
region in the 1920s as a
result of
widespread hunting...
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projects for the
ostriches have begun,
especially in
northern Sahara,
where North African ostriches had been
extinct for 50 years.
Ostriches were imported...
- Struthio.
Asian ostriches were large,
being more
robustly built and
reaching about the same
height as an
adult male of the
extant common ostrich. It may have...
- & Sade (2003). The name
comes from the
common (but false)
legend that
ostriches bury
their heads in the sand to
avoid danger. This
effect is a cognitive...
- species, male
ostriches have a
retractable **** that
averages 20 cm in
length and
everts during defecation, urination, and co****tion. The
ostrich is the only...
