Welcome to Day 28 of my July Trivia posts.*
Trivia: An ostrich’s eye is bigger than its brain.
This is true, but deceiving. It makes it sound like the ostrich has a really small brain. However, an ostrich eye is the size of a billiard ball, because they need to see at a great distance, so their brain might not be unusually small for a bird. And once you learn about these remarkable birds, I think you’ll agree that their brain is just the right size.
Everyone knows that ostriches are the largest bird. But did you know they can be almost 9 feet tall and 350 pounds!!! That’s a lot of bird. They have powerful legs that you never want to encounter. Don’t challenge them to a race because they can run over 43 mph, and one stride covers over 16 feet. So remarkable. Even more amazing is that their babies come out of the egg ready to run.
I guess brains aren’t that important when you can grow that tall and run that fast.
I give this trivia a 7 out of 10. This trivia is true, but I felt it was insulting to ostriches.
*I’m doing something hard (for me) in July that I don’t want to talk about until August (in case I fail.) This something takes a lot of time, so I’m simplifying my July posts. I’m using a list of trivia that Aunt Patti emailed me. Each day, I will explore a trivia fact and bring you the truth, not just the clickbait. I might even rate the trivia. I think this will be fun because I love exploring new topics and sharing them with you. I hope you learn something too. If you do, why not share it with a friend. One of my goals is to get more readers, and word of mouth is a great way to do that. Many thanks.