Question

The diameter of the Ostrich egg is
a. 7 cm
b. 17 cm
c. 27 cm
d. 37 cm

Answer 1

Hint: The scientific name of the ostrich is Struthio Camelus, and it is called a flightless bird, it is the largest bird, usually found in the countries of Africa. The eggs of the ostrich are called the world's largest eggs.

Complete answer:
- The ostrich is the largest bird on earth.
- The adult male ostrich is nearly 9 feet tall and most of It is the neck part.
- The weight of the adult male is 150 kg, so comparatively Adult male is larger than the adult female bird.

> Ostrich egg
- It is the largest egg, among all.
- Where the average length of the egg is 150mm or 6 inches in length.
- When to the diameter, the average is 125 mm in diameter or 5 inches or 7 inches approximately. Which means 17.5 Cm.
- The weight of the egg is 1.35kg or 3 pounds. So this is considered the world’s largest egg.

> Ostrich bird features
- The male ostrich is black in color and it has plums on the wings and tail.
- Whereas the female ostrich is brown in color.
- The head and neck are reddish-blue in color.
- The head is small, it is bill shorter than wide.
- It has big brown eyes, thick black lashes.
- The special feature of the ostrich is they can go or survive long without water for a long time.

The diameter of the egg is 125 mm which means in centimeters it is 12.5 centimeter, so the nearby option is 12.5.
Hence, the correct answer is option (B).

Note: Ostrich scrapes on the ground, to form a nest, They usually have 12 to 15 large whitish eggs, and they take 40 days to hatch, generally, females lay on the eggs in the mornings, while males lay on eggs in the night times.