The largest living bird - typically over 100kg in weight and lay the largest eggs in the world - a single one being large enough to feed a dozen people. Their kicks and pecks can lethally injure lions so they tend to steer clear.
Also - flightless. In good company there.
Sometimes in pairs - sometimes a single male with several females - they are very visible in the grass or brush if they are standing up - lying down they are barely visible as can be seen in the last few photos.
We caught our first glimpses of Ostriches - the common kind - North African Ostrich (Struthio camelus camelus) and The Masai Ostrich (Struthio camelus massaicus) at Amboseli:
With an elephant herd in the background.
Look at the size of those thighs!
We were honoured to witness some defecation as well:
Later on we had a closer encounter with a male (pink legs, black body) and his little harem (3 females - one a little tough to spot lying down in the grass). We were told the males lay on the eggs at night and the females during the day - their colouring helping with camouflage based on lighting.
