Feathered fugitive.[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] ANSWERS Last May, police were sent on a wild-bird chase! The fugitive was an ostrich ostrich, common name for a large flightless bird (Struthio camelus) of Africa and parts of SW Asia, allied to the rhea, the emu and the extinct moa. It is the largest of living birds; some males reach a height of 8 ft (244 cm) and weigh from 200 to 300 lb that had escaped from a children's petting zoo zoo or zoological garden Place where wild and sometimes domesticated animals are exhibited in captivity. Aquatic zoological gardens are called aquariums. The first zoos were perhaps associated with domestication. in Taipei, Taiwan, The cops tailed the bird on motor scooters motor scooter: see motorcycle. . Even so, the giant bird dodged them. An ostrich can grow to a height of two meters (seven feet) and sprout superstrong legs that help it run at a top speed of 64 kilometers (40 miles) per hour! |
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