ostriches

• I dreamed of trying to run away down Brodie Lane while being pursued by a thundering flock of ostriches -- which, as most people know, can be even more dangerous than emus. —  F ;SF - vol 098 issue 04 - April 2000
• So the Legislature asked the Aggies if the pistols would work on ostriches, and the Aggies replied that while the frequency required to stun an ostrich differed from that required to stun an emu, the pistols could be built with both. —  F ;SF - vol 098 issue 04 - April 2000
• Camels, he insisted, were far more hostile to man than either emus or ostriches --and if the so-called emu pistols did not include a setting for camels, he would block the appropriation for their manufacture. —  F ;SF - vol 098 issue 04 - April 2000
• She seemed to be checking their water supply and scattering food pellets, though Sandra knew that ostriches were a grazing bird that could live off natural vegetation and insects. —  EQMM,September-October2007
• Behind them came a dozen ostriches, their black and white plumage bobbing gracefully as they ran down the long course of the track, weaving between the potted trees in visible confusion. —  Time Scout

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