Seeing Ostrich in the wild reminds me of a commercial that featured some gadget just earlier this year. The feather of this Ostrich is in the pristine condition. Remember seeing those in the enclosure with feathers that are in the very poor condition probably due to stress.
Not seeing one but 2 Ostrichs! This is female Ostrich trying to court the male with darker feathers and pink leg (male Ostrich in Masai Mara tend to have pink legs, not sure is only during breeding period or throughout the year) by moving in front of the male with the wings slightly open.
The female start running when the male show interest and what happen next is like the wild goose chase...
After few rounds of chasing, the male Ostrich succeeded in mating with the female. What happen next is even more unbelievable...
The female just lay an egg on the floor and go away... left this male Ostrich not sure what to do with the egg.
The male Ostrich just roll the egg from one place to another. We didn't wait to see until the end. Not sure what the male Ostrich did with the egg...
I guess this is an unfertilised egg and that is why the female just drop it and go away? If the female just mated with this male for the very first time, chances is this is an unfertilised egg. But again, I'm not sure.
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