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1. What is a habitat? (Follow this link to help you find the answer.)

http://www.nhptv.org/Natureworks/nwep5.htm

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2. Where is the natural habitat of the ostrich?

http://www.honoluluzoo.org/ostrich.htm

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3. The ostrich has many unique physical characteristics. From the link below, choose any three physical characteristics of the ostrich and explain why this makes them so different from other birds.

http://www.honoluluzoo.org/ostrich.htm

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4. What do ostriches eat to survive? Why do they not need to drink?

http://www.wildwatch.com/resources/birds/ostrich.asp

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5. Why do female ostriches incubate the egg during the day, and male ostriches incubate the egg during the night?

http://www.honoluluzoo.org/ostrich.htm

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6. Who is the main predator of the ostrich?

http://www.honoluluzoo.org/ostrich.htm

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7. How long does it take before an ostrich egg will hatch?

http://www.honoluluzoo.org/ostrich.htm

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8. If you were an ostrich, how long would you expect to live?

http://www.honoluluzoo.org/ostrich.htm

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9. What is a popular, but untrue, myth about ostriches?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/wildfacts/factfiles/477.shtml

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10. Why do ostriches not need to drink?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/wildfacts/factfiles/477.shtml

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