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The brain of the Ostrich (Struthio camelus) is smaller than its eye. It is actually very small in proportion to the size of the bird. The eye measures about 5 centimetres and is the largest of any land animal.

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Posted on Friday, August 24 2012. Tagged with: ostrich brainzoologyecologydiversitysciencebiologynatureanimalsbiologiazooevolutionecological interactionevolutionary biologynatural selectionadaptationanimaliaphysiologycomparative biologyostrichbrain sizecool fact
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