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Ostriches are
large flightless birds. Two
living species are recognised, the
common ostrich,
native to
large areas of sub-Saharan Africa, and the Somali...
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extant species of
ostriches, the only
living members of the
genus Struthio in the
ratite group of birds. The
other is the
Somali ostrich (Struthio molybdophanes)...
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ostrich in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. An
ostrich is a type of
large flightless bird.
Ostrich may also
refer to:
Common ostrich (Struthio...
- & 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...
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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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southern African Ostrich Struthio camelus". Ibis. 127 (4): 442–449. doi:10.1111/j.1474-919X.1985.tb04840.x. ISSN 1474-919X. "The
outback ostriches — Australia's...
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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...
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Ostrich leather is the
result of
tanning skins taken from
African ostriches farmed for
their feathers, skin and meat. The
leather is
distinctive for its...
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Ostrich oil is an oil
derived from the fat of
ostriches.
Ostrich oil is
composed of 36.51% of
saturated fat, 46.75% of
monounsaturated fat, and 18.24%...
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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...
