Yes, it was a little hoaky. Okay alot.
There were ostrich races and we got to sit and ride on the backs of ostriches.
And it was a little sad, knowing that most of these ostriches will end up on someone's braai.
Vince feeding an emu. The right way.
Okay, not so sad anymore. The little bugger bit me! Maybe he noticed that my purse has ostrich leather trim!
We learned so much about the ostrich like the fact that it is not native to South Africa at all.
We saw a red ostrich native to Kenya, ...
a white ostrich bred in South Africa, and ...
a blue ostrich native to Zimbabwe.
Once farmed exclusively for their feathers for use as elaborate fans and to adorn huge hats, they are now farmed mostly for their meat and skins.
Their unfertilized eggs, whose shells were once used to hold water for the San Bushman, are now used to make decorative lamps and jewelry.
Their feathers, which will grow back after being cut, are used to make a very important South African commodity, feather dusters.
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