Early Bird
Posted by Doreen Smith on February 11, 2005
Q: What bird has only two toes?
A: The Ostrich has only two - one is much smaller than the other. This reduction in toes is probably a response to its life in the open where it must use speed to evade predators since it can't fly. Horses are a mammalian example of an animal living under similar conditions (in the wild, that is) that have fewer toes.
John Wiessinger ( February 14, 2005)
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