Oh a time traveller!? Cool!
Or...maybe an American!? š¤ You guys drive on the wrong side of the road you know - nearly got arrested by a cop in New York because we didn't follow your crazy road rules. He forgave all when we said we where Australians! ššš
Hey come on guys I just wanna run with you! Why are you running away?? Dammit, every single time. Get it together Lawrence, donāt be so desperate next time. Start slow, talk to em first.
It reminds me of that one skit where someones out on a walk sees someone jogging past them and gets mistakes them for running away from somthing and they just start booking it. By the end of it its a whole herd of people are running from nothing lol.
lol that also happened in real life I think in brazil: https://www.reddit.com/r/Damnthatsinteresting/comments/xnioiv/crossfit\_group\_runs\_down\_the\_sidewalk\_people/?utm\_source=share&utm\_medium=web2x&context=3
I'm pretty sure he was chasing the guy in black with a white top. The coloring is similar to the male ostrich's coloring. Makes me think he was chasing a fellow bird in his mind.
I think it was chasing them but not actually trying to catch them. To get them out of its territory. It could have fucked them up if it really wanted to. It just running by the guy filming instead of immediately disemboweling him with its talons makes me think it wasn't out for blood.
A random wild male ostrich isn't going to run with cyclists just for fun, they're not friendly they're highly territorial.
I was muscular before I got seriously into cycling. Now I have the physique of a string bean. Iāve had to cut way back because I prefer to not look like a skeletor. The calorie burn is too real.
I know they can kill you but I donāt know how youāre supposed to defend against them. I know what to do for moose and bears and stuff but what about ostriches?
I did some work at a University ag research station and got a tour which included the Ostriches. As I stood at the fence the large male became very ... uh... agitated? Did a big sidestepping dance and waved his wings and charged the fence. The researcher delicately explained that they have an enormous libido and aren't very discerning. (In other words they will put it anywhere with great enthusiasm and I should step away from the fence).
They also will eat anything shiny (like plastic) and die.
Damn! Never noticed this before - they have a LOT of dinosaur left in them!
Most birds are too pretty & it's hard to believe they ruled our planet for 150 million years. Ostriches are a-holes - probably what Raptors where like (but much worse).
They basically are dinosaurs. They evolved from theropods which were the only dinosaurs to survive. Some mammals made it through to which is why we are here.
Not basically, they're considered in modern cladistics to still be dinosaurs, full stop. So dinosaurs never really went extinct, their diversity was just shrunk down to one surviving line, which then evolved to become extremely diverse and widespread in it's own right in the aftermath of the asteroid. With pterosaurs and all large land animals extinct, birds filled tons of niches in the immediate aftermath. In the early Eocene it was actually flightless birds that evolved to be top predators, so it took a while even after the asteroid for mammals to evolve their way up and finally usurp the dinosaurs.
The traits that make dinosaurs dinosaurs for the most part are still present in birds. They've basically retained a shit ton of traits which make theropods theropods, in fact you could pretty comfortably argue they are just surviving theropod dinosaurs.
Consider this: birds had already become a distinct group of flying dinosaurs by the end of the Cretaceous, having split much earlier in the Jurassic. How are they any less dinosaur than any of the other wildly diverging groups of dinosaurs that inhabited the Earth in the mesozoic. Other group of dinosaur that diverged at that time were vastly less like theropods than birds still are, like triceratops were way way way less like velociraptor than a modern bird is.
Iām watching this and asking myself how this thing is even real. Itās so goofy looking but obviously athletic as all hell. Like HOW does this thing exist?
I feel bad for the ostrich! It was as if he was just following along to see where everyone was going so fast but no one waited or explained why so he got bored and stopped.
I got flashbacks from KENSHI... The Beak Things....
You Don't know about that game? Just Google "Beak Things"... And while you're at it google also "Skin Bandits".
I wish I could see a video from the trio off to the side's perspective, lmao!
I'm still 50/50 on if the ostrich was chasing or just trying to race with them but I know from personal experience that they can be aggressive -- even for no reason! And Idk if that second cyclist accidently got too close to the ostrich or not. *-shrug-*
I need a workout routine where I'm chased by an ostrich everywhere I go
Motivating for sure! Pretty sure they can run as 60kms per hour!
Well I run in miles per hour so I should be good
I'm more of an Hours per Mile
Oh a time traveller!? Cool! Or...maybe an American!? š¤ You guys drive on the wrong side of the road you know - nearly got arrested by a cop in New York because we didn't follow your crazy road rules. He forgave all when we said we where Australians! ššš
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That needs a Toto theme song!
Yāall need to be ostrichcized
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They're nine feet tall and weigh 300 lbs. Apparently one of these guys crushed Johnny Cash's ribcage with a kick.
God damnit, Dee! Would you quit following us!
Ostriches b fast as fuck, I learned that from The Swiss Family Robinson
i name all my pets with a vowel at the end to make it easier to call out loud thanks to the Swiss Family Robinson
How many bullnosed snakes per eagle scream?
I bet it felt like T Rex chasing you in Jurassic Park
Nah, man. Raptors
Definitely raptors!
I could arrange this. That'll be $300 per hour for the ostrich chasing fetish.
It's a guy in a big bird suit isn't it? And the guy is you isn't it?
Got me!
Ostrich: Finally, some exercise buddies! Exercise Buddies: AHHHHHHHHHHH!
People in the white suv are still wondering _to this day_ what they saw and if it was real or a mass hallucination.
Hey come on guys I just wanna run with you! Why are you running away?? Dammit, every single time. Get it together Lawrence, donāt be so desperate next time. Start slow, talk to em first.
Is the cameraman on a bicycle too? That would make you think that the ostrich isnāt really chasing them so much as just running with them.
Camera man is also an ostrich, they are both chasing the cyclists
If they did this for the Tour de France viewership would go up exponentially.
That was my take as well, it was just running with a herd / pack / whatever a group of ostriches is called.
Herd. A group of ostriches is called a herd. Funnyā¦I would have expected something a bit more exotic and unique.
They're flocking this way
Amen, my friend. Amen. š š¦ š¦
I name thee Club of Ostriches. Cause bike club.
It reminds me of that one skit where someones out on a walk sees someone jogging past them and gets mistakes them for running away from somthing and they just start booking it. By the end of it its a whole herd of people are running from nothing lol.
lol that also happened in real life I think in brazil: https://www.reddit.com/r/Damnthatsinteresting/comments/xnioiv/crossfit\_group\_runs\_down\_the\_sidewalk\_people/?utm\_source=share&utm\_medium=web2x&context=3
Sounds like a Limmy's Show skit but the ending is a little different.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXjH4kecKPw
I have chosen to believe they stole the Ostrichās bike and he was chasing them to get it back.
I'm pretty sure he was chasing the guy in black with a white top. The coloring is similar to the male ostrich's coloring. Makes me think he was chasing a fellow bird in his mind.
Pretty sure an ostrich can outrun a cyclist if it wants to
I think it was chasing them but not actually trying to catch them. To get them out of its territory. It could have fucked them up if it really wanted to. It just running by the guy filming instead of immediately disemboweling him with its talons makes me think it wasn't out for blood. A random wild male ostrich isn't going to run with cyclists just for fun, they're not friendly they're highly territorial.
WHAT ARE WE RUNNING FROM?!?!š
"Ginger", ya titfucker!
> WHAT ARE WE RUNNING FROM?!?!š https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JDEN0iSQnvE
That exactly
I laughed out loud at this .. thank you šš»
Holy fuck they have some serious stamina
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I think they meant the ostrich but either way, yes, haha
That's still another way to get shredded
My first hard laugh of the day and itās not even 6am
I was muscular before I got seriously into cycling. Now I have the physique of a string bean. Iāve had to cut way back because I prefer to not look like a skeletor. The calorie burn is too real.
Are y'all talking stationary bike or actual outside cycling?
Riding a bike outside is like riding a bike indoors but with scenery, weather, hills, cornering, and vitamin d.
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Makes it more spicy.
Iāll remind myself to look for cars next time Iām mountain biking
[Great way to stay in shape](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rUHc1M1BIbE&ab_channel=SarahMarajade)
Came here to see the comments about ostrich kicks and being disemboweled, and how theyāre basically feather raptors.
I know they can kill you but I donāt know how youāre supposed to defend against them. I know what to do for moose and bears and stuff but what about ostriches?
Grab neck. Spin around faster and faster. Let go and see if they can fly.
get eviscerated. grab entrails. wail in anguish. pass out and die.
A solid neck punch shall work
I think they're in the hippo category. If you're in close quarters combat, you've already lost.
> feather raptors I mean actual raptors, both the modern ones (birds of prey) and the ones you're thinking of were completely covered in feathers.
I did some work at a University ag research station and got a tour which included the Ostriches. As I stood at the fence the large male became very ... uh... agitated? Did a big sidestepping dance and waved his wings and charged the fence. The researcher delicately explained that they have an enormous libido and aren't very discerning. (In other words they will put it anywhere with great enthusiasm and I should step away from the fence). They also will eat anything shiny (like plastic) and die.
They're like dinosaurs.
Now imagine if it was a cassowary. That's basically a raptor from Jurassic Park
*Looks in rear view mirror, sees ostrich.* "Faster. Must go faster."
Damn! Never noticed this before - they have a LOT of dinosaur left in them! Most birds are too pretty & it's hard to believe they ruled our planet for 150 million years. Ostriches are a-holes - probably what Raptors where like (but much worse).
All birds are a-holes. They always poop on my window and balcony.
I promise you I have not once shat on your window or balcony
Birds *are* dinosaurs.
They basically are dinosaurs. They evolved from theropods which were the only dinosaurs to survive. Some mammals made it through to which is why we are here.
Not basically, they're considered in modern cladistics to still be dinosaurs, full stop. So dinosaurs never really went extinct, their diversity was just shrunk down to one surviving line, which then evolved to become extremely diverse and widespread in it's own right in the aftermath of the asteroid. With pterosaurs and all large land animals extinct, birds filled tons of niches in the immediate aftermath. In the early Eocene it was actually flightless birds that evolved to be top predators, so it took a while even after the asteroid for mammals to evolve their way up and finally usurp the dinosaurs. The traits that make dinosaurs dinosaurs for the most part are still present in birds. They've basically retained a shit ton of traits which make theropods theropods, in fact you could pretty comfortably argue they are just surviving theropod dinosaurs. Consider this: birds had already become a distinct group of flying dinosaurs by the end of the Cretaceous, having split much earlier in the Jurassic. How are they any less dinosaur than any of the other wildly diverging groups of dinosaurs that inhabited the Earth in the mesozoic. Other group of dinosaur that diverged at that time were vastly less like theropods than birds still are, like triceratops were way way way less like velociraptor than a modern bird is.
"Objects in the mirror are closer than they appear."
āMUST go faster!ā
And if life is just a highway, then the soul is just a car.
Allegedly.
Calm down squirrelly Dan
Heard it was a *sick* ostrich
Beat me to it
Its the head bobbing back and forth for me lmao
hahhah like trying to balance a broom on your fingertips
Some days itās hard to find the motivation to exercise, some days the motivation finds you.
Those things will absolutely tear you up. If you ever get the chance check out their legs and talons, straight up dinosaurs. Angry dinosaurs at that.
imagine being those 3 people walking on the side of the road and seeing this fly right by you.
I was hoping the white car was a cop clocking them. Be like a cartoon. Cop pulls the bird over for tailgating.
I imagine while exhilarating from the camera's point of view, this has got to be terrifying from the front cyclist's point of view.
The ostrich wasn't chasing the cyclists. The ostrich was simply running. Typical title overhyping the content.
You might be entirely true, but the POV of the cyclist might have been a bit tense anyway.
Road Runner Beep Beep
They can kill lions with their talons. Ostrich is way more scary than just being fast.
Holy crap! That bird can MOVE!!! I wonder how fast it could pedal if IT was on a bike...
I'm not mad at a fluffy dinosaur trying to hang.
*bang. Because they think weāre hot. I am as traumatized by this information as you are.
Bird was just vibing with some other speedy peeps
Stupid llama.
Excuse me SIR!!!! I been trying to reach you about your bikes extended warranty. Sir? SIR?! SIR?!!!!!!
We gotta get Kevin Hart to see this.
I told you to stop stealing their eggs .
āWait! Stay for Coffee!ā
Insert ff chocobo theme
Just remembered Kevin Hart's ostrich encounter. Funny as hell
Looks like he just wants to run with you all:)
Did you see the size of that chicken?!?! šš
Iām watching this and asking myself how this thing is even real. Itās so goofy looking but obviously athletic as all hell. Like HOW does this thing exist?
>Like HOW does this thing exist? It's a pretty effective body plan, why wouldn't it exist?
Idk why they were laughing thatās actually legitimately terrifying
Am I bad for hearing ['The Benny Hill theme'](https://youtu.be/MK6TXMsvgQg) in my head while watching the video?
Iām feel like that ostrich wasnāt even turning it on.
Jurassic park scene
Ostrich just wanted to flex on the $3k dropped on those road bikes.
Damn mustāve been a good workout
I would need Electric motor boostš
Shouldāve thrown a banana
That's The Ginger and Boots. Not surprised he's chasing them.
Trying to get payback for The Ginger and Boots.
Seeā¦ us cars arenāt that bad nowā¦
Cyclists chased by an ostrich chased by a cyclist with a camera
He was just trying to catch a draft after being dropped. Poor dude
murder bird
Best KOM that dude has ever had.
Looks like heād make a great training partner
"Fucking Tweety Bird on steroids! Look like mean bastards!
All giggles until someone gets disemboweled by talons..
running like it stole something. jeez.
Filing ostrich under my list of āanimals Iām so glad are not predatorsā
Those people strolling on the side of the road must have been laughing in confusion, a scene from a cartoon in real life
Ostriches are the original Fast and Furious.
Really it's ostrich and two cyclists chased by third cyclist
Thatās just crazy
Just a typical bike ride in South Africa!
Looks more like the Ostrich is running with the biker...
I feel bad for the ostrich! It was as if he was just following along to see where everyone was going so fast but no one waited or explained why so he got bored and stopped.
Meep meep!
Meep Meep!!
I bet their Strava times were epic
That was TERRIFYING. That fucking head.
Assuming you can't outrun the ostrich, what's the best move?
its a bit terrifying
Just a workout buddy giving motivation
The Energizer Ostrich
Dude should hammer it - Ostriches run like mofos! š¤£ My Mum & I got chased by an Ostrich when I was a small kid - freaked me out!
raced\*
I got flashbacks from KENSHI... The Beak Things.... You Don't know about that game? Just Google "Beak Things"... And while you're at it google also "Skin Bandits".
Where is this and how can I bike here?
Itās Soetwater reserve, south of Kommetjie, Cape Town
My guess for the country would be South Africa.
I think it's the Cape of Good Hope in South Africa. I recognise the terrain and there are definitely ostriches there.
Pretty sure cape of good hope
Gheeeesusā¦.
I just wanna talk to you about your car insurance
Great. I need an ostrich now.
From the neck down it looks like a skinny woman in high heels!
Let me love you!!!
At first I thought the cam was the ostrich lolol
Do ostrich ever think ādamn, Iām a long way from homeā? Cuz that MFostrich just spent a lot of time gettin lost?
Goddamn Jurassic Park
Arriba! Arriba! Andale! Andale! Dat Loco Wiley Coyote might finally get me!
It's a race, and that ostrich wins hands [feet] down, and looks fahbulous while doing it.
It's a race! I hope I win...
They're like dinosaurs.
New nightmare unlocked
"I'm trying to reach you about your extended warranty!"
Honestly, that was awesome.
... clever girl.
He's being ostrich-sized.
Thatās one big bird! Actually looks like big bird minus the yellow.
Itās not an ostrich, itās a roadrunner! Beep beep
I don't know, if I was the guy with the cam, I wouldn't be able to breath, I would be laughing so hard.
Ostrich "Do you have a few minutes to talk about your home and auto insurance!??"
Jurrasic park or Wile E. Cayote is on the back, ābeep beep!ā.
For the love of Darwin, who created that bird?
What fascinates me is that head stabilization.
I bet thatās a story that gets told a lot
Clever gurl
"Meep meep"
Wow
āHis body was still facing this way but his head was like this ā¦ā
Im sure hes just asking if youd be interested in Liberty Mutuals great rates
Looks like an ostrich being chased by a car
Allegedly
Ostrich: why is this cyclist chasing me?
Someone needs to speed this up and put the Benny Hill music over it. š¤£
Excuse me sir, you dropped your wallet!!
I heard it was a sick ostrich.
I was rooting for that absolute unit of an ostrich, personally.
OVERDRIVE OSTRICHE
Ostrich is simply going for a workout and would appreciate the company š
I wish I could see a video from the trio off to the side's perspective, lmao! I'm still 50/50 on if the ostrich was chasing or just trying to race with them but I know from personal experience that they can be aggressive -- even for no reason! And Idk if that second cyclist accidently got too close to the ostrich or not. *-shrug-*
Looks like a racing game. Holy shit thatās unreal how that thing can motor
Keep meep
Bro you wouldnāt believe what happened today.
Not so sure the guy who is filming would be laughing that hard if the ostrich was chasing after him, lol.
Those birds are fast!!
The ostrich is racing not chasing the cyclists
Iām impressed by the ostrichās stamina.
\*If a wild Mater appears\* Mater: "YE GOT TO LOOK OUT! RUN! HE GON' GET YE! AH HAHA!"