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Family has
an ostrich farm
Lindsay Sabo is holding
an ostrich egg. It is hatching.
chick
feathers
The Sabo family has
an ostrich farm in Edmonton.
They sell ostrich meat,
leather, eggs and feathers.
About ostriches
4Ostriches are the largest
living birds in the world.
Ostriches can’t f ly.
Edmonton Journal (Larry Wong)
egg
4Ostriches can live
50 to 75 years.
4They can run up to
60 kilometres per hour.
4An ostrich hen lays
about 60 eggs per year.
The eggs hatch in 42 days.
Adapted from the Edmonton Journal
2009 update
This article first appeared
in the October 2002 issue
of English Express.
4 The Sabo family doesn’t have an ostrich
farm anymore. They sold their land in 2007.
4 The family misses the ostriches.
The birds made a beautiful sound:
“who, who, whooooooo.”
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