http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/2012/02/25/all-their-eggs-in-one-basket/ A Bird Blog with Kate St. John Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:24:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/2012/02/25/all-their-eggs-in-one-basket/comment-page-1/#comment-16563 Bill Parker Fri, 23 Mar 2012 13:00:04 +0000 http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/?p=47006#comment-16563 If you put all in your basket, you should watch that basket very intently.

]]> http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/2012/02/25/all-their-eggs-in-one-basket/comment-page-1/#comment-16280 Mary DeV Sat, 25 Feb 2012 23:20:42 +0000 http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/?p=47006#comment-16280 Wow, how’d Pliny know that? Ostrich mind-reader?

]]> http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/2012/02/25/all-their-eggs-in-one-basket/comment-page-1/#comment-16277 Kate St. John Sat, 25 Feb 2012 22:36:39 +0000 http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/?p=47006#comment-16277 Actually, Wiki says that Pliny the Elder started that myth.
–>per Wiki–> This myth likely began with Pliny the Elder (AD 23-79), who wrote that Ostriches “imagine, when they have thrust their head and neck into a bush, that the whole of their body is concealed.”

]]> http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/2012/02/25/all-their-eggs-in-one-basket/comment-page-1/#comment-16276 Mary DeV Sat, 25 Feb 2012 22:20:00 +0000 http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/?p=47006#comment-16276 Flopping down & laying their head/neck on the ground to hide = origin of the “head in the sand” myth?

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