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Big Birds On the Run ! !

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Ostriches: 

Ostriches The World’s Largest Birds!

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Ostriches usually weigh 200 to 300 pounds

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The feathers of adult males are mostly black, with some white on the wings and tail

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Females and young males are grayish-brown, with a bit of white

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The bird stands on two toes, with the bigger one resembling a hoof

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South African Ostrich Red Necked Ostrich Masai Ostrich Somali Ostrich Natural Distribution of Ostrich in Africa

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Ostriches live in nomadic groups of 5 to 50 birds that often travel together with other grazing animals, such as zebras or antelopes

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They mainly feed on seeds and other plant matter

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Ostriches become sexually mature when 2 to 4 years old; females mature about six months earlier than males

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Males will typically use hisses and other sounds to fight for a harem of 2 to 5 hens

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Ostrich eggs can weigh 3.5 pounds and are the largest of all eggs They are shiny and whitish in color.

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The females will lay their fertilized eggs in a single communal nest, a simple pit scraped in the ground The nest may contain 6 to 15 eggs

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The eggs are incubated by the females by day and the male by night.

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The gestation period of the egg is 35 to 45 days.

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Typically, the male will tend to the hatchlings.

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Today, ostriches are bred all over the world, including climates as cold as that of Sweden.

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They will prosper in climates between 110°F and −40 °F, and are farmed in over 50 countries around the world.

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Since they also have the best feed to weight ratio gain of any land animal, they are bound to appear attractive to farmers

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It is claimed that ostriches produce the strongest commercially available leather.

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Although they are farmed primarily for leather and secondarily for meat, additional useful byproducts are the eggs and feathers.

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Ostrich meat tastes similar to lean beef and is low in fat and cholesterol, as well as high in calcium, protein and iron.

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