The House of Substance: Ostriches in the Krasnoyarsk Zoo

Thursday, September 3, 2009

Ostriches in the Krasnoyarsk Zoo

10 comments:

herr doktor bimler said...: Krasnoyarsk is so not red. Judging from the photograph, they should change the name to B'eloyarsk.; September 3, 2009 at 3:40 PM
ifthethunderdontgetya™³²®© said...: What a picture.

Poor ostriches...they look like old Politburo types.
~; September 3, 2009 at 4:01 PM
Substance McGravitas said...: The one's dreaming of the ferris wheel...; September 3, 2009 at 4:03 PM
Another Kiwi said...: Looks more like Brokenarse to me, but I DO NOT WANT snow.; September 3, 2009 at 4:40 PM
M. Bouffant said...: Zoo-o-asterism is slavery!; September 3, 2009 at 7:05 PM
ckc (not kc) said...: ...from Latin avis ‘bird’ + struthio ‘ostrich’.

...so...

My question (such as it) is:

if 'ostrich' comes from 'bird'+'ostrich' what kind of ostrich is not a bird? ...and why didn't they just call it an ostrich?

[NOTE this is not a riddle - I do not have an answer.]; September 3, 2009 at 7:47 PM
mikey said...: It's recursive.

Gnu's Not Ostrich...

"The thing is, Cap'n, I'm a little worried about fratrici..."; September 3, 2009 at 7:57 PM
ckc (not kc) said...: It's recursive.

Open source eggs?; September 3, 2009 at 8:01 PM
Another Kiwi said...: Hollandaise source from eggs, I think; September 3, 2009 at 9:51 PM
Substance McGravitas said...: Ovay.; September 5, 2009 at 5:29 PM

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