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Ostriches stick their heads in the sand to hide from enemies.
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REFUTED
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Is it true that Ostriches stick their heads in the sand to hide from enemies?
No. Two reference sources state directly that the head-in-sand behavior is a false legend and that ostriches have never been observed to do it, running away or lying still instead. A 1905 newspaper piece repeats the habit as real, but describes it as concealment rather than hiding from enemies.
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Ostrich effect - Wikipedia. (n.d.). en.wikipedia.org. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ostrich_effect
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BirdNote; Consider the Ostrich. (2014). americanarchive.org. https://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-8c469684768
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Conrad Black loses appeal against fraud conviction. (2024). en.wikinews.org. https://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Conrad_Black_loses_appeal_against_fraud_conviction
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