Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 34, Number 53, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 March 1902 — The Ostrich's Legs. [ARTICLE]

The Ostrich's Legs.

Although the ostrich has powerful legs and can kick like a mule, his limbs are very brittle and are easily broken. He has two toes on each foot, one being armed with a horny nail which he uses as his principal weapon of warfare. When an unarmed man is attacked by one of these birds, the chances are very much against the man unless he can climb a tree or jump over a five foot wall.