Ostrich, pstrosice and pstrosacata

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Ostrich have very good ability to vision. With nearly meter long neck, which may periskopicky turn, sees up to 3.5 km.

Recordman ostrich

Ostrich is the largest and most massive bird of our planet. What does a bird bird, the wings, however, wear almost useless: even if its prapredci able to fly, the shape of wings or squadrons him now do not. As compensation for the loss of ostrich has a strong and long legs that make him an outstanding runner. At a short distance can a speed over 60 km / h for more than 10 minutes, a speed of 50 km can be run several kilometers, while i can do petimetrove steps. In such a speed used ostrich wings as sharp changes in the rudder direction.

Pravlasti ostrich is Africa. Today, there occurs mainly in savanach and polopoustich Eastern and Southern Africa, in Kenya, Somalia, Uganda, Tanzania and elsewhere.Top has thrived, where the open landscape with low grassy vegetation. Outside of the rainy season have only poor grazing, it will improve from time to time by insects, small vertebrates, or foreign eggs. Ostrich is vsezravec, although living mainly plant food.

Pstrosatko, you have a nice volatko!

Error, ostrich is not man. Instead it has sacculated esophagus pipe, which collected food slides after lifting zlaznateho head first into the stomach, then in the jaw, and finally to the gizzards. This includes fasting one to two kilos of stones, which help to triturate food. When the stones are worn, ostrich is exchanged for another. Crushed food also goes into the small intestine, which measure just six meters. Just becausethat after turning in two appendix followed by large intestine of venerable sixteen meters. Route morsels ostrich digestive tract and also takes 40 hours. All these measures arranged nature, therefore, to assess the maximum laboriously acquired food and fiber used much better than it can for other poultry.

Miss ostrich

Height 2.10 to 2.50 m, length of neck 90 to 95 cm, weight 105 to 125 kg, height of the knee joint from 98 to 109 centimeters. Ostrich has a distinctive figure with a long thin neck and small head. The male is mostly black feathers, female hnedosede, and the wings and tail are colored white. It is the only bird in the world with only two fingers. Little finger is used for balance, great toe is long, hooves like fingernail.These spurs ostrich also used to defend against intruders or to fight rivals. That means that together with the ostrich silnyma legs can be a dangerous man when walking or kick.

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