Runaway Ostrich Races Along Highway
A loose ostrich tried to gain against a truck on a road.
— -- Unable to take to the skies, an ostrich ran away from its owner along a highway.
Video footage shows the male ostrich breaking through a toll booth on Monday before racing in front of a truck in Jihua City in eastern China.
The ostrich was about six-feet tall and weighed approximately 33 pounds, according to China's CCTV.
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Hours after the ostrich was seen running through the toll booth gate in the night, traffic police tried herding the ostrich toward the highway exit beside surprised drivers.
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As a truck passed by, the ostrich, which is native to Africa, started to run after it.
The ostrich owner said that the flightless bird was domesticated with a female one in his house and was found missing that morning, according to CCTV.
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