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  2. Ostrich - Wikipedia

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    The Somali ostrich occurs in the Horn of Africa, having evolved isolated from the common ostrich by the geographic barrier of the East African Rift. In some areas, the common ostrich's Masai subspecies occurs alongside the Somali ostrich, but they are kept from interbreeding by behavioral and ecological differences. [15]

  3. Common ostrich - Wikipedia

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    The common ostrich is the largest and heaviest living bird. Males stand 2.1 to 2.75 m (6 ft 11 in to 9 ft 0 in) tall and weigh 100 to 130 kg (220 to 290 lb), whereas females are about 1.75 to 1.9 m (5 ft 9 in to 6 ft 3 in) tall and weigh 90 to 120 kg (200 to 260 lb). [20]

  4. Struthionidae - Wikipedia

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    Struthionidae (/ ˌ s t r uː θ i ˈ ɒ n ə d iː /; from Latin strūthiō 'ostrich' and Ancient Greek εἶδος (eîdos) 'appearance, resemblance') is a family of flightless birds, containing the extant ostriches and their extinct relatives.

  5. Masai ostrich - Wikipedia

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    The Masai ostrich (Struthio camelus massaicus), also known as the East African ostrich is a red-necked subspecies variety of the common ostrich and is endemic to East Africa. [2] [3] It is one of the largest birds in the world, second only to its sister subspecies Struthio camelus camelus. [4] Today it is farmed for eggs, meat, and feathers. [5 ...

  6. Ostrich instruction - Wikipedia

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    The ostrich instruction is a jury instruction that the requirement of knowledge to establish a guilty mind , is satisfied by deliberate ignorance - deliberate avoidance of knowledge. [1] This principle became established in British courts in the 1860s, and became widespread in the United States in the late 19th century. [ 2 ]

  7. The oldest ostrich at American Ostrich Farms, which died this year, was 7 years old, Henderson said. Ostriches in captivity have an average lifespan of 50 years, according to the California ...

  8. Pachystruthio - Wikipedia

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    P. dmanisensis has been estimated standing 4 meters (12.5 feet) tall and weighing up to 600 kg (990 lb), making it much larger than the modern ostrich and one of the largest known birds. [ 1 ] Although P. dmanisensis is known as the giant ostrich , its relationship to the extant ostriches of the genus Struthio is not clear.

  9. Loneliness or social isolation linked to serious health ...

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    The study authors also looked into the links between loneliness, social isolation and death among people with cardiovascular disease or breast or colorectal cancer — since previous studies have ...