The story that ostriches will stick their heads in the sand when they are frightened is a prevalent one. The idea is that the ostrich will feel perfectly safe and believe that they are completely hidden, so much so that a person can walk up to them and pluck a feather or even capture the bird very easily.
However the story is completely unfounded, as no one has ever seen the bird perform this act. When an ostrich is sights possible danger from a distance they have a habit of dropping to the ground, with their necks parallel to it, watching the suspected predator intently. It is thought that this behaviour might have been misconstrued as stick their head in the ground and gave birth to the well know story. However, when the danger gets too close, the ostrich, like most animals, will take flight and beat a hasty retreat.
They sometimes can, because if the dirt is really hard they might be able to peck their strong beaks on the ground. Also they can if the dirt is soft and wet.
Yes, they do but not to protect themselves from predators like myths say. They do it to hide their eggs in the sand to protect their eggs from predators.
No they do not bury their head into the ground
Hunter Waugh
they sit on their eggs about the same amount other birds do and they do not bury their heads in the ground.
Ostriches and Emus supposedly bury their heads in the sand when frightened, but it is not actually true.
If the ground is frozen solid, a body will be kept in storage until the ground has thawed and then a separate burial service is scheduled. This is true for most states that experience a hard ground freeze in winter.
The ostrich isn't such a bright bird. The only basic things that they know how to do well are: to eat, to drink, to bite, to dig their heads into the ground, to kick and to run away. So out of these the best to fit would be to kick, to bite or to run away.
None. There is a myth that an ostrich does, but it is only a myth, and seen in animated cartoons. See the Related link below.
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True Stories - Talking Heads album - was created in 1986.
There are 3 answers for this one.... 1) They stick their heads in the sand. This is completely mythical, and not true at all. 2) They simply run away from their pursuer on those powerful legs. 3) They use their large and powerful legs to attack their pursuer.
yes there is a show with 2 girls have 2 heads
The origin of the phrase is the (mistaken) belief that the ostrich buries its head when in danger . Today the expression means to ignore unwanted news or events in the hope that they will go away.
False. Elephant birds are the biggest birds ever to have lived.
yes, only birds have feathers. Robins, Ostriches, penguins, you name it. The whole bird family.