Ostriches

Ostriches do not fly, but can run faster than any other bird.

Ostriches have the biggest eyes of all land animals.

Ostriches have long legs and a long neck, but they have a small head.

Male ostriches have black feathers and female ostriches have gray and brown feathers.

Ostriches now only live in Africa.

Some ostriches live in areas of the Sahara desert.

There used to be ostriches in Middle East in the 20th century and, further back, also in Asia.

Humans hunted and ate the ostriches.

Ostriches mainly eat plant matter, but they also eat insects.

Ostriches do not have teeth, and so cannot grind food as mammals do.

Ostriches are the largest birds in the world.

Ostriches have very long legs and a long neck.

Ostriches have the largest eyes of any land animal.

Ostriches lay the largest eggs of any bird.

Ostriches live in Africa, where it is hot and dry.