Clever Ostrich

Head in the sand

A long-held belief is that ostriches put their heads in the sand to hide. The truth: totally untrue!

Where the belief may stem from is the fact that ostriches have small heads and will feed from the ground.

From a distance it may seem as if an ostrich has their head buried in the sand, but in fact it's just their small head busy feeding.

Baboon

Animals and thought

Are animals capable of thought or are their actions based on instinct?

I know many subscribe to the latter belief but I have observed an incident that has me entirely convinced that there are animals capable of thought, and even contemplation...