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The name comes from the common (but false) legend that ostriches bury their heads in the sand to avoid danger. This effect is a cognitive bias where people tend to “bury their head in the sand” and avoid potentially negative but useful information, such as feedback on progress, to avoid psychological discomfort. [1]
Despite these efforts to build the bird's self-esteem and forget Barnyard Dawg's maliciousness, the dog continually and unmercifully mocks the ostrich. The ostrich buries his head with each insult, agitating Foghorn even more. Finally, Foghorn has enough of the bullying and decides to defend his son's honor in a boxing match.
Ostrich policy is a metaphoric expression referring to the tendency to ignore obvious matters and pretend they do not exist; [1] the expression derives from the supposed habit of ostriches to stick their head in the sand rather than face danger. [2] Ostriches do not actually bury their heads in the sand to avoid danger. [3]
He surely knows of them and their relevance, but he adopts an ostrich posture, with his head buried, and that too contributes to the court’s very condition that he bemoans in his annual report.
The oldest ostrich at American Ostrich Farms, which died this year, was 7 years old, Henderson said. Ostriches in captivity have an average lifespan of 50 years, according to the California ...
The ostrich takes charge, declaring, "Wings, wings… Legs!" Realizing his own advantage, he frightens the exhausted vulture, reclaims his feathers, and proudly walks away, leaving the vulture with his head buried in the sand. The scene closes with a lizard, who lost her tail in an earlier mishap caused by the ostrich.
A beloved ostrich at the Topeka Zoo & Conservation Center in Kansas has died after swallowing a staff member's keys. The zoo announced in a social media post on Friday that the 5-year-old ostrich ...
Ostrich eggs in a nest on a farm The egg of the ostrich (genus Struthio ) is the largest of any living bird (being exceeded in size by those of the extinct elephant bird genus Aepyornis ). The shell has a long history of use by humans as a container and for decorative artwork, including beads .