# New footage reveals that ostriches CAN fly!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-footage-reveals-that-ostriches-can-fly/664844>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [July 29, 2013, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-footage-reveals-that-ostriches-can-fly/664844 "2013-07-29T20:02:47Z")\
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**Author:** ![voltaire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voltaire/32/313_2.png) [@voltaire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voltaire)\
**Post date:** [July 29, 2013, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-footage-reveals-that-ostriches-can-fly/664844/1 "2013-07-29T20:02:47Z")

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Yup, it’s true. 😉

From the folks that brought you CatCopter [(previous thread here)](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=654066), an ostrich has now achieved flight [not once](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=opeKXawfxrQ), but [twice!](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HS-4s0ilxhs)

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**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\
**Post date:** [July 29, 2013, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-footage-reveals-that-ostriches-can-fly/664844/2 "2013-07-29T20:41:45Z")

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Only a matter of time before Pigs, I guess.

Then on to Baby Elephants!

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**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\
**Post date:** [July 29, 2013, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-footage-reveals-that-ostriches-can-fly/664844/3 "2013-07-29T22:34:20Z")

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I’m not sure why, but that seems quite a bit more grotesque than the CatCopter. The slightly-open beak, the unnaturally straight and round neck…

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**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\
**Post date:** [July 30, 2013, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-footage-reveals-that-ostriches-can-fly/664844/4 "2013-07-30T01:09:56Z")

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If I have nightmares about that, I’m blaming you. 🙂

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**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\
**Post date:** [July 30, 2013, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-footage-reveals-that-ostriches-can-fly/664844/5 "2013-07-30T04:00:21Z")

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> [@Sunspace](#):
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> I’m not sure why, but that seems quite a bit more grotesque than the CatCopter. The slightly-open beak, the unnaturally straight and round neck…

The potential for decapitations as the damn thing sideslips into a neighbor’s yard…

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**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\
**Post date:** [July 30, 2013, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-footage-reveals-that-ostriches-can-fly/664844/6 "2013-07-30T04:12:02Z")

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How abut turkeys?

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**Author:** ![JoseB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/joseb/32/1530_2.png) [@JoseB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JoseB)\
**Post date:** [July 30, 2013, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-footage-reveals-that-ostriches-can-fly/664844/7 "2013-07-30T12:33:11Z")

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As God is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly!

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**Author:** ![Dr\_Doom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/0ea827/32.png) [@Dr\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Doom)\
**Post date:** [July 30, 2013, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-footage-reveals-that-ostriches-can-fly/664844/8 "2013-07-30T12:48:34Z")

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Shouldn’t the Ostrich be required to traverse some amount of horizontal distance in order to qualify as having achieved flight?

Seems to me all the Ostrich did was hover; by that definition I could buy a small hovercraft and “fly” all over the place.

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**Author:** ![Dag\_Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@Dag\_Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dag_Otto)\
**Post date:** [July 30, 2013, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-footage-reveals-that-ostriches-can-fly/664844/9 "2013-07-30T13:22:18Z")

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I wouldn’t want to make it mad. The ostrich is obviously full of angry bees.