0
Ostriches
With five sub species, the Ostrich is the world's largest living bird. Its long neck and heavily feathered body make it easily recognizable. Once only seen in Africa, they are now grown in captivity in over 50 countries. The Ostrich belongs to the Ratite family, which literally means flightless. Browse around this category to learn more about them.
749 Questions
How do ostrich's care for their young?
they keep them in a nest that is how a ostrich care for it's young
What bird laes the largest eggs?
The ostrich, which is also the largest bird on Earth not currently extinct.
What animal lays the biggest eggs?
the ostritch lays the biggest eggs today, but if dinosaurs were still alive they would lay the bigest eggs.
On which continent do bushmen or san use hollowed-out ostrich eggs as canteen for carrying water?
Southern Africa - they lived in the Kalahari and along the coasts of South Africa.
What are the characteristics of postpolio syndrome?
In almost half of those who contract polio in childhood, muscle pain and weakness reappears three or four decades later
What country is the goliath birdeater native to?
Surinam, Guyana, northern Brazil, and southern Venezuela
1 day = 24 hours x 60 mins x 60 secs = 86,400 secs
1 year = 365.25 days = 365.25 x 86,400 = 31,557,600 secs
31,557,600 secs x 70 = 2,209,032,000 = 2.209032 x 109
Why was the sphinx buried in sand?
In 1798 it was buried up to it's neck. By 1880's it had been excavated down to it's shoulders and completely cleared in 1905.
Ostriches have many extraordinary capabilities.
Like most animals, ostriches are able to breathe, blink, walk, run (even while pulling chariots, which is something that is somewhat less common among the animal kingdom), eat, digest, urinate, excrete fecal matter, make noises, reproduce, become ill, die, and much more.
On a more specific level, ostriches lay the largest eggs of any organism on earth, and can run at speeds exceeding 70 miles per hour for up to 30 minutes. Ostriches also sleep while standing on one leg, can spit a distance of 20 feet, and can, according to National Geographic, defeat a lion in face to face combat situations.
What dangers would an ostrich face in the wild?
the hunters hunt the ostriches for their beautiful fur.
they have feathers not fur.idiot.
