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Why does an ostrich have long legs?

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∙ 15y ago
Updated: 10/9/2023

why, being a philosophical question, can not be answered by science. one could say "because that's how god made it" and another say "so we'll have lots to eat" or yet another "to protect its young". in the right contects each is perfectly correct

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