Or should I say “brown ostrich down”?
First, he was upright, pecking away at the dirt.
And then he dropped to his feathery torso, like an adolescent at a 1964 Beatles concert. I thought he’d go unconscious, but nope–he kept pecking while prostrate. Oh, that’s a better title for this post: Pecking While Prostrate.
I’ve eaten in several positions in my lifetime: sitting, walking, in a car (furiously pounding Sonic tater tots as dinner before a meeting), even eating nachos and Hot Tamale candies while rollerskating, but never while lying down on my belly, face to the ground. Perhaps he was “playing possum” to hide from a predator, but I hardly think that precious boy proves an imposing predator.
Only he knows for sure.
Join us for Part II, as we learn more about this hideous-looking feathered beast.
Oh My GAWD! But this is funny!!!
Still laughing.
Gonna go mow the yard so I can catch my breath.
Hahahahah!
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🙂
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Creature thinks he’s sneaking up on the ants this way, Kerbey.
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I thought that might be a possibility.
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How sad, Kerbey. Now we are mind-reading ostriches are some such big birds.
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The biggest! That’s in Part Deux. And ugly as sin.
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Oh, goodie!
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My dog does that sometimes when he’s eating, but it’s usually while laying at my feet. I have no explanation for the ostrich. I did want to let you know I still have your mystery photo in the cue for later this week — had to move The Box to a different day, which I’ll explain later. But it had something to do with an ostrich… 😉
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I trust you entirely with your Box. And we all know how ostriches can be. I think they started WWI.
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Thank you for that vote of confidence. That’s what it was, right?
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I mean Serbian nationalist ostriches, to clarify. I know you inferred that.
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I didn’t realize I was that transparent.
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I’m just gonna lie down here and peck away at my Pop Tarts to see if my dining experience improves.
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That sounds like a science experiment. Maybe that’s how they do it at Golden Corral, to get the whole “trough” experience. Plus, no shameful calorie-burning by going back and forth to get clean plates.
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Ostrich meat is high in protein and lower in fat than chicken. That’s all I can add.
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I bet they serve ostrich at one of your many haunts.
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Actually no. That is hard to find around here. One of the joints I worked when I got back from New Mex sold it, grilled, rare. The owner passed and no more joint, no more big bird on the barbie. It actually does look and taste like steak. If you get a chance…
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…I’ll try it! If it’s under $14!
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That’s funny stuff but I wish you wouldn’t use the word “prostrate” so much because as an old guy whenever I read that I think….oh, never mind.
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An R makes all the difference…
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Was it Hasselhoff that ate that cheeseburger lying down? Don’t Hassel the Hoff mr Ostrich, or I guess impersonate is a better word in this case.
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Oh, dear, thank you for such a lovely image again.
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off to find part II… It’s just like the nature channel around here 😉
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LOL
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