As regular CFZ-watchers will know, for some time Corinna has been doing a column for Animals & Men and a regular segment on On The Track... particularly about out-of-place birds and rare vagrants. There seem to be more and more bird stories from all over the world hitting the news these days so, to make room for them all - and to give them all equal and worthy coverage - she has set up this new blog to cover all things feathery and Fortean.

Tuesday, 15 March 2016

Ostrich chases after cyclists in South Africa


Headcam footage shows an ostrich running after a group of cyclists travelling towards the Cape of Good Hope in South Africa



By Charlotte Krol, video source ViralHog / YouTube / Oleksiy Mishchenko
7:32PM GMT 06 Mar 2016

Is it is a bird, is it a plane? Well, yes, it is a bird: a huge ostrich chasing after a group of cyclists in South Africa.

Headcam footage taken by Oleksiy Mishchenko on Saturday shows the bizarre moment the ostrich appears out of nowhere and follows his training group along a road.

Some may find such an experience terrifying but Mr Mishchenko clearly thinks otherwise, laughing heartily off-camera as the bird runs after his friends.

He said: "The road through the national park is quite and a little deserted. Suddenly I heard a noise on my left and saw a big ostrich in the bush.

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