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Female common ostrich walking in the grass searching for food at the Dallas Zoo in Texas. #362405042
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Pictured is a female common ostrich walking in the grass searching for food at the Dallas Zoo in Texas. The binomial name is Struthio camelus. This flightless bird is the largest living species of bird and can run for a long time at 34 miles per hour with short bursts of 60 miles per hour. It has the fastest land speed of any bipedal animal and second fastest of all land animals after the cheetah. Ostriches are the most dangerous birds on the planet for humans, with an average of two to three deaths being recorded each year in South Africa. In the background is a single vulturine guineafowl, binomial name Acryllium vulturinum.
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