Many a disguise has been donned in the line of duty , from Batman ’s pursuit of outlaw as the Dark Knight to everyone’sfavorite essential workerfrom the pandemic . Recently , it fall down to one adult male in Thailand to snip as an eight - foot Struthio camelus and stage an escape to keep the Chiang Mai Zoo on top of its “ wild animal management plan ” .
citizenry dressing as animal for dress rehearsal escapes is nothing new . Tobe Zoo in Ehime , Japan , conduct a“lion escape ” drillin 2019 , with a worker in a less - than - convincing lion suit attempting to flee as colleagues attempted to pen them in .
However , it could be argued that this more recent “ ostrich dodging ” really lead above and beyond in the costume department . Photos shared to the zoo ’s Facebook pageboy show a person with white nerve pigment , a numskull - lid - twist - ostrich head , and a barrel - same body courting .
The “ Struthio camelus ” was taking part in a training drill that ’s intended to make zoo staff should one Clarence Shepard Day Jr. an real Struthio camelus break costless . At up tothree meters(10 feet ) tall and weigh as much as 140 kilogram ( 309 pounds ) , an loose Struthio camelus is a force to be reckoned with .
When disturbed , they can get to intimidating speeds of up to 72.5 kilometers ( 45 international nautical mile ) per hour using their herculean legs to get away . If cornered , they can redeploy those legs as weapons , recoil and rip with their taloned toes .
Whilecassowariesare usually considered the world ’s most unsafe bird , ostrich are actuallylarger and heavier . In the wild , they can take on sizable piranha including lion and humans .
Johnny Cashreportedly almost died at the feet of an ostrich he encountered when take the air one day . The brute kicked Cash after he tried to hit it with a stick , only narrowly head off disemboweling him thanks to a thick belt .
While the zoo worker made for a lovely - looking ostrich , chances are they were n’t quite up to the undertaking of peg it around the zoo at over 40 miles per hour . As such , their colleagues were eventually able to catch the runaway with the help of a sportfishing meshwork .
[ H / T : Guardian ]
