There's an ostrich in the road....

[boxtops]

There's a wonderful story in our local paper about a fellow who was surprised to see what he thought was an ostrich running along the road, he raised the alarm and a policeman wrestled it to the ground until a local farmer brought a trailer along to take it to safety. Turns out that it was a rhea, one of a pair, which escaped from a local smallholding when it was spooked by a visiting chihuahua!

[ladyalex]

PAh! How could anyone mistake a rhea for an ostrich!
What a buffoon.

[boxtops]

LOL ladya, we don't get much exposure round here, we only see seagulls!

[Prudie]

How odd, two current animal threads both involving being scared of chihuahuas.

[boxtops]

That's what made me think of it, prudie, the mention of the chihuahua in the other thread!

[ladyalex]

scary dogs, chihuahuas...don't turn you back on them or let them see your fear

[Prudie]

well those little dogs can be yappy and snarly!

[bluebirdino]

they should have asked bernie clifton to catch it !

[piggynose]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhea_%28bird%29

[emmie]

I was convinced i saw one yesterday, going by on the train, along with any number of other animals, pony's and a horse, it was a quick look but it must have been a Rhea, don't they look rather similar.

[pastafreak]

Ah....but was it a Greater or Lesser Rhea?

lol

[JonnyBoy12]

Well, it is easily done, ladyalex. He must have seen the rhea from the rear!

[boxtops]

Here's the full story! http://www.thisiskent...295-detail/story.html

[mike11111]

The only rhea I would recognise form the rear is dia -rhea!

[lankeela]

http://www.fwi.co.uk/...erding-chihuahua.html

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Good job it wasnt knocked down, it would have been a goner-rhea