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the only bird that could outrun your car and kick it to death.
means A very large flightless African bird with long legs and neck, the fastest runner of any bird, known for sprinting away from danger and for its powerful kick.
from From Old French 'ostruce,' itself from Vulgar Latin 'avis struthio' — literally 'the struthio bird.' The Latin 'struthio' was borrowed from Greek 'strouthion,' a 'big sparrow,' which sounds like a joke until you realize the Greeks called sparrows 'strouthos' and slapped 'great' on it for the ostrich: the 'great sparrow.' That doubled-up name (bird-bird) survived the trip into English, where the famous head-in-the-sand cowardice is pure folklore — ostriches lower their heads to tend their nests or eat grit, not to hide.
- top speed
- sprints up to 45 miles per hour
- lethal legs
- a single kick can kill a lion
- big eyes
- eyeball larger than its own brain
- myth busted
- never actually buries its head in sand
- giant eggs
- one egg equals about two dozen chicken eggs
south african ostrich farming — klein karoo region produces 72% of world's ostrich leather and meat
somalia ostrich racing — traditional sport where jockeys ride ostriches competitively in east africa