In one day Sarah and I got to crawl through one of the best caves I have ever been to and visit an ostrich farm. The Cave system was extremely well lit & it was a bit like a jungle play land the way we got to crawl around.
The Ostrich Farm:
I think the Ostrich farm is what really made me miss teaching. We did a huge egg unit back at Eanes kinderland & this was like teacher heaven. There was so much good information. Did you know that Ostrich meat is the leanest meet in the World? Sarah & I had Ostrich steak the night before. It was delish!!! An ostrich egg also can feed up to 16 people for scrambled eggs.
Most Ostrich are not friendly. Betsy was lame and maybe that caused her to be friendly? The farm only had one other that has ever been people safe.
Sarah riding an Ostrich. The jockeys can ride them much more gracefully than us. They pull on the necks to direct it. An Ostrich can go up to about 25 miles per hour. At the end of our tour we got to see actual Ostriches being born. It was beyond exciting. They had them in an incubator & were able to take them out to show us. Typically it takes an ostrich 4-10 hours to be born. Unfortunately the camera died during these moments. So you guys will just have to go to South Africa to experience it. I'm going back who is coming with me this time?
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