Ostriches are large flightless birds (ratites to be precise) in the genus Struthio that lives in open arid and semi-arid habitats of Africa. It was once present in Asia during the Pleistocene. They are the heaviest and largest living birds, with adult common ostriches (Struthio camelus) weighing between 63.5 to 145 kilograms. Their egg is the largest one of any living land animal (though actually the smallest relative to adult bird size), averaging 15 centimeters (5.9 inches) long, 13 centimeters (5.1 inches) wide, and weighing 1.4 kilograms (3.1 pounds), over 20 times heavier than a chicken's); with the largest living egg weighing at 2.589 kilograms (5.7 pounds), though the extinct East Asian ostrich (Struthio anderssoni) laid eggs weighing at 270 kilograms (595.25 pounds). Attacks of ostriches on humans are known.
There are 2 extant species of ostrich: the common ostrich and the Somali ostrich (Struthio molybdophanes). The Somali ostrich is found in the Horn of Africa, an area of Africa isolated by the geographic barrier of the East African Rift.
History[]
- "Our fertilization department is where the dinosaur DNA takes the place of the DNA in unfertilized emu or ostrich eggs, and then it's on to the nursery, where we welcome the dinosaurs back into the world!"
- —Mr. DNA([[|src]])
Unfertilized ostrich and emu eggs were used by Jurassic Park's fertilization department to put there dinosaurs' DNA in place of the eggs' before taking them to the nursery to hatch the dinosaurs.
Games[]
Jurassic Park: Builder[]
Though it did not appear in any form in the game itself, the common ostrich was seen with the emperor penguin and the domestic pigeon in a promotional ad for the game, specifically in a quiz on which bird the dodo was related to.
Jurassic World Evolution[]
The ostrich is mentioned in the database entry of Gallimimus.
Minecraft Jurassic World[]
Ostrich eggs are used in Minecraft Jurassic World for the creation of dinosaurs.
