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Ostriches, while flightless, are known for their impressive speeds: A frightened bird can run at around 45 miles per hour and, if cornered, can deliver fatal kicks to predators.

From New York Times • Apr. 22, 2024

Ostriches, emus and their relatives are classified into the palaeognath or "ancient jaw" group, and all other groups of birds are classified into the neognath or "modern jaw" group.

From BBC • Nov. 30, 2022

Paxton and three colleagues were awarded that year's Ig Nobel Prize in biology for their study "Courtship Behavior of Ostriches Towards Humans Under Farming Conditions in Britain."

From Slate • Sep. 12, 2012

Ostriches and emus are members of the ratites, a group of flightless birds that also includes rheas and kiwis.

From Scientific American • Dec. 8, 2011

Ostriches definitely have the right idea, he thought, as he freed himself from the blankets he’d wrapped around his body and went to the kitchen to get a hammer.

From "The Dead and the Gone" by Susan Beth Pfeffer