do ostriches bury their head in the sand when faced with danger?

Answer 1

The answer in no.
according to the sandiego zoo
ostriches do not bury their heads in the sand! When an ostrich senses danger and cannot run away, it flops to the ground and remains still, with its head and neck flat on the ground in front of it. Because the head and neck are lightly colored, they blend in with the color of the soil. From a distance, it just looks like the ostrich has buried its head in the sand, because only the body is visible.

here is the link I got this info from http://www.sandiegozoo.org/animalbytes/t-ostrich.html

Answer 2

No, actually, they don't. It has been proven with experiments/observations of ostriches by scientists that no ostriches ever bury their heads in the sand. You can look it up, but the whole "ostriches-burying-their-heads-in-the-sand" thing is not even true- it's a myth.

Answer 3

No, the head in sand thing is a myth. But they can run very fast in short sprints and they kick! Their leg muscles are so strong that a kick from an ostrich can be fatal.

Answer 4

Like a lot of birds if they are threatened they pretend to be dead and they do this by flopping down in a heap and lying still. When first observed by Europeans they thought that the bird was trying to bury it's head so it could not see it's attacker which is how the story arose. In fact they can kill with a kick and outrun most animals

Answer 5

Sometimes, in order to escape detection, ostriches may lie on the ground with their necks outstretched. This peculiar behavior probably gave rise to the myth that ostriches bury their heads in the ground

Answer 6

No, that is a myth. They sometimes place their ears to the ground to listen for bugs but they do not bury their heads. An ostrich has an impressively fast landspeed and has no reason to hide from danger because they can usually outrun it.

Answer 7

Yes they do. I heard a funny story about an ostrich farmer who had to put some of his birds in a concrete floored pen due to foot infections. He lived close to an RAF practise base and had to complain because one of the fighters had flown too low, scared the ostriches and many were rendered unconscious.

Answer 8

No, that is utterly ridiculous. The reason they are 8 feet tall is so they can see danger coming from far away and use their long legs to run away. They can run as fast as a horse. Why would an animal that relies on sight and flight to survive put its head underground thus rendering both abilities useless? They fight if you corner them or if you interfere with nesting and breeding, otherwise they run.

Answer 9

That's a myth. The do droop their necks very closely to the ground so early settlers who saw them at a distance believed that their heads must be below the sand. No true though.

Answer 10

No, they don't. Most everyone here has the correct answer. They flop down to blend in with the surroundings when necessary, but they don't bury their heads.