# Have you ever wonder what an Ostrich keeps in its stomach? LINK **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 7, 2025, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-wonder-what-an-ostrich-keeps-in-its-stomach-link/1015260 "2025-03-07T19:50:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2025, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-wonder-what-an-ostrich-keeps-in-its-stomach-link/1015260/1 "2025-03-07T19:50:43Z")
Ostriches, like chickens, have gizzards–a digestive organ that grinds up food. To make it work, birds swallow stones. Among **other things.** [And it’s a list. {LINK}](https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/contents-of-an-ostrich-s-stomach-ca-1930/?utm_source=damn-history-16d93f.beehiiv.com&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=damn-history-march-2025-issue-88&_bhlid=f983e6195a595bf0d89dcd98e88214635d5069f4) ---
**Author:** ![jnglmassiv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f07891/32.png) [@jnglmassiv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jnglmassiv)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2025, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-wonder-what-an-ostrich-keeps-in-its-stomach-link/1015260/2 "2025-03-09T05:24:45Z")
I was half thinking this was going to be a setup for a joke about egg prices. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2025, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-wonder-what-an-ostrich-keeps-in-its-stomach-link/1015260/3 "2025-03-09T20:40:05Z")
Sounds like some golden retrievers I’ve known.