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Quaerereverum Posted 14 years ago
Vocabulary

name of a bird

Hello,

What is the name of a bird when it sees a predator , it hides its head in the sand since it can't see a predator, it thinks that a predator can't see it as well. We use it as a proverb, but I forgot.

Thank you in advance.
  

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do you mean ostrich with its head in the sand? 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.

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  • do you mean ostrich with its head in the sand?
  • 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.
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do you mean ostrich with its head in the sand? Straight from wiki-> Contrary to popular belief, Ostriches do not bury their heads in sand.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.
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Hi,

An ostrich.

eg Tom never wants to admit that he has problems. He just buries his head in the sand.

Clive
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Thank you Clive. Can I say, instead of following ostrich policy face the reality.

2. I heard about Tetraogallus caspius that when sees a predator hides its head to snow.

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Hi,

Can I say, instead of following ostrich policy face the reality
Sounds very stiff and stilted.
But you could say something similar.
eg You're like an ostrich. Face reality.

Clive
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Thank you very much for suggestion.
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