"A Bird Like No Other." I Like them but I want to EAT THEM!!!!!!! Welcome back, Dragon Slayer!

He wrote, “…they imagine, when they have thrust their head and neck into a bush, that the whole of their body is concealed”.Then again, Pliny also thought that swallows (a species of bird) went underground when they migrated away every winter.

Thanks for joining the discussion! If you ever have the opportunity to watch them when their nesting it really does look like they’re trying to bury their heads in the sand.

But since this is quite an embarrassing accusation for the ostrich —intentionally self-suffocating? In Boo… They use their beaks to turn their eggs several times each day. also I liked it very much A Roman scholar, Pliny was a curious man, working tirelessly throughout his life to understand the world around him. We agree with your "incomplete reference" comment. The story that ostriches will stick their heads in the sand when they are frightened is a prevalent one.

That would be cool to have an ostrich farm. The first thing to consider is that ostriches have small heads relative to the size of their body.

"I can put emu in a box and say 'This is all the things about emus,' but there are definitely personality traits that come into play."

Instead, they dig holes in the sand to keep their eggs. I thought they buried their heads in the sand to escape predators.

(Oct. 15, 2014). In reality, ostriches don't bury their heads in the sand to avoid danger. Turning the eggs,We see most birds do this, but with ostriches and their underground nests, this scene becomes quite a bit more conspicuous. National Wildlife Federation. Help spread the wonder of families learning together.http://www.wonderopolis.org/wonder/do-ostriches-really-bury-their-heads-in-the-sand Subscribe to Wonderopolis and receive

Beyond that, "All birds have their unique personalities just like humans do," says Slovak. An alternate behavior has also been described by the San Diego Zoo.

Even though it seems like it’s short for “bad reputation,” it’s actually not. "Ostrich." Thanks for pointing that out!

After all, if an ostrich buried its head in the sand , it would soon die of asphyxiation . The albumen is the transparent white part of the egg, rich with the protein albumin, along with water and certain minerals. Ostriches lay their eggs in nests dug into the ground and rotate their eggs many times a day. We hope you liked it as much as we did! The WONDERful thing is there are over 1,400 more Good afternoon, Nolan!

the property created by the space between two objects or pointsthe condition of being deprived of oxygen (as by having breathing stopped)a flat grassland in tropical or subtropical regionsthe upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brainsa figure of speech in which an expression is used to refer to something that it does not literally denote in order to suggest a similaritya large, powerful African bird that can run very fast but cannot fly Thanks for being a supportive WONDER friend and joining the discussion! !—let's take a minute to unpack this myth and clear the ostrich's name.First off, a note about the ostrich: Despite holding the title of the largest living birds—they standBut the more likely root of this claim has to do with ostriches' nests. When ostriches feed, they sometimes lay their head flat on the ground to swallow sand and pebbles. Want to add a little wonder to your website? However, before he died, he wrote one of the first Natural History encyclopedias, a 37-book attempt to catalogue the entirety of Roman knowledge.

We sent you SMS, for complete subscription please reply.Have you ever heard someone say that someone has their What in the world are they talking about then? He even died while staying back and attempting to “understand” the eruption of Mt.

Users used to be able to submit photos to the Media Gallery. When people say someone has their Animal experts, however, will tell you that this belief that ostriches Ostriches are the largest and heaviest living birds in the world.

In Book 10, Chapter 1, he mentions the ostrich’s head-in-the-sand habits. "Fact or Fiction?" Check out some of these Good afternon, Hoinyamos Spagonias! Hi DuDeberry

thanks for the tip Despite standing seven to nine feet tall and weighing as much as 350 pounds, these birds have relatively small heads. We have since removed the photos since they were not related to the Wonder.

You put "rap" when you meant to put "rep" We're glad you learned something new from this Wonder! Some people do choose to eat ostrich as a meat entree.

Or you can use all the things you have - talent, contacts, knowledge - and do something different. Oh, i didnt know that. Hello WONDEROPOLIS, How are you doing? Most of the ostrich’s relatives—emus, kiwis, and rheas, collectively called the ratite birds—are flightless, so they all have on-the-ground or underground nests.Pliny wasn’t entirely wrong though. The embryo is floating in a sea of albumen inside the egg. As flightless birds, ostriches are unable to build nests in trees, so they lay their eggs in holes dug in the ground. No. What did you think of today's WONDER? And sometimes the female puts her head in the hole when she needs to turn the eggs. :)Great to hear, FierHeat!

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