Ostriches in a sentence

At sexual maturity (two to four years), male ostriches can be from convert in height, while female ostriches range from convert tall.

Behaviour and ecology Pair "dancing" Ostriches sleeping, with REM sleep and slow-wave sleep phases. citation Ostriches normally spend the winter months in pairs or alone.

Ostriches raised entirely by humans may direct their courtship behaviour not at other ostriches, but toward their human keepers.

Gulls, chimps and dolphins were among the many creatures to make headlines this week – not to mention the ostriches at Westminster who seem to think widespread worker discontent will simply go away.

I never went near meat eaters or ostriches because I have no death wish.

In the wild, calves enjoy higher survival rates in areas where North African ostriches have been reintroduced.

What's more, the whole family can learn about our incredible animals from our knowledgeable zookeepers in our daily keeper talks, and hand-feed kangaroos, camels, ostriches and deer.

The draft, which details which animals are allowed to be bred for meat, medical and other uses, lists 18 traditional livestock species, such as cattle, sheep, horses and chickens and 13 "special" species such as reindeer, alpacas, ostriches and foxes.

The ostriches were a big part of the game this time around — so needless to say, Morris’ character might’ve reopened the portal once again.

Two escaped ostriches shocked locals when they rampaged through a street in the Philippines this afternoon (Aug 4).

You could also raise ducks, geese or other birds – I know people in Missouri who raised ostriches and used their giant eggs – but ducks require water, larger birds require more space, and they all have their own problems.

And, best of all, ostriches aren’t that clever Janse van Vuuren tells us, so you can go back to Suzy seven times if you like and she’ll have forgotten you’ve already had a massage.

Members of university communities cannot and should not be the proverbial ostriches, burying their heads in the sand, when all around them are challenges, which they are capable of contributing to finding lasting solutions to.

Nare also indicated that because it was their first game after the break, he was well aware that his players might struggle for rhythm and ball control, hence the unconvincing display on the pitch by the Ostriches.

Tim Price, rural affairs specialist with the NFU Mutual said the insurer had seen claims from farmers for lost alpacas, llamas, ostriches and wildfowl amounting to £10,000 in the past year.

Angiotensin, on the other hand, causes vasoconstriction on the systemic arterioles, and acts as a dipsogen for ostriches.

A notable exception is the cheetah, which is the most prolific predator of adult ostriches due to its own great running speeds.

As ostriches experience high ambient temperatures, circa convert, they become slightly hyperthermic; however, they can maintain a stable body temperature, around convert, for up to 8 hours in these conditions.

At ambient temperatures below their body temperatures ( thermal neutral zone (TNZ)), ostriches decrease body surface temperatures so that heat loss occurs only across about 10% of total surface area.

At one year of age, ostriches weigh approximately convert.