A MEMBER OF the ratted family of birds, the ostrich is the world's largest bird. Roaming the African savanna and desert land the bird gets most of its water from the plant it eats. standing at a good six feet, of the three main species of ostriches only one the African Black, is found in captivity. Ostrich cannot fly but they ear fleet of food and can sprint up to some 70 Kms an hour! Using their wings as rudders to help them change direction whenever they wish, their long legs can cover 10 to 60 feet in a single stride. And talking about their legs, did you know that the bird's kick can kill human or even a lion? This is because each two-toed foot has a long, sharp claw. Ostrich live in small herd maintained by an alpha male. The group's hens normally place their eggs in the nest of the dominant hen with her egg getting pride of place in the center! The egg are then incubated by both the male and the dominant hen taking turns in the nest. And did you know that each giant eggs weighs as much as two dozen chicken eggs.
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