| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
Observation: this was taken at the philadelphia zoo and the first thing that sticks out to me every time I see a picture of an ostrich is the neck of the ostrich. It has such an elongated neck that makes it so distinct from other animals. I did a little reading on the ostrich and found out that when the ostrich feels threatened it will either hide itself by lying flat against the ground or run away (wikipedia.org, 2011). The running away idea makes sense but what makes no sense to me at all is the ability to lie flat. How is that possible when the body of the ostrich is so long.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ostrich
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