Thread:Talou/@comment-30339728-20170706151045/@comment-30339728-20170707130414

Fun coinsidence that I sent the this picture! Ostrich are amazing - talk about a drum stick! Not really, they have tremendously muscular legs and claws that will kill - or at least seriously maim - if they kick you.

When the males ruffle their feathers it is easy to see why hunting them for the feathers for ladies' hats was such big business. Luckily, they are pretty skittish as well as fast, the closest we ever got to them was on our walk. We got to about 50ish feet or so and then they took off. When they run it is so graceful. They kind of high step it.