Ostrich

Struthio camelus
Struthio (Struthionidae)

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Grey neck, yellow-beige tail and wingtips,  ♂ black, ♀ brown body. Has only 2 toes at each leg. During breeding the male legs/throat become orange-pink.

Male has several females with the eggs in one nest incubated by the first female. Hatches in turns, ♀ during the day, ♂ during the night. The dominant pair can have up to 100 chicks.

⇔ l. ♂ 275 cm,  ♀ 180 cm

The Ostrich can not fly. the fastest running bird; can run up to 65kph.

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