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Ollie the Ostrich (5/26)

This is also part of this series: All About Animals (26)

Subjects: Animal Behaviour, Animals, Evolution, Natural History, Nature

Grade Level: K-Gr3
Producer: BBC
Closed Captioned: No

Running Time: 25 mins
Country of Origin: Great Britain
Study Guide: No

Copyright Date: 2004
Available in French: No

Ollie lives in the Etosha National Park. He emerged from the largest egg in the world – as large as 24 chicken's eggs. In this part of Africa, the temperature is often over 40 degrees Celcius and Mum had to brood the eggs – not to keep them warm, but to keep them cool. Dad helped out too. He is an impressive 2 metres 74 in height. Other mothers laid their eggs in the shared nest. One mother could end up caring for as many as 60 chicks, other mothers may take over your brood, and crèches of chicks may get to be as big as 300, from toddlers to teenagers. Ostrich eyeballs are bigger than their brains; they can even see behind themselves without turning their heads. Their feathers do not have the little barbs that join them together, like normal flight feathers. That is why they look so light and fluffy. So an ostrich is more like a giant duvet than a finely honed flying machine. But when full-grown, Ollie will run at 70 kilometres an hour and cover over eight metres in a single stride.

Links: http://http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/animals/

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