#worldostrichday — Public Fediverse posts

For #WorldOstrichDay on #MosaicMonday :
#Ostrich in the #Byzantine Diakonikon-Baptistery Mosaic, Mount Nebo, Jordan, 530 CE.
Look how it has the right # of toes - it's the only bird in the world with just two toes on each foot!
🆔There was an ostrich subspecies native to the Levant & Arabian Peninsula that persisted into mid-20th c., Struthio camelus syriacus:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arabian_ostrich

image via
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Detail_of_the_6th_century_AD_mosaic_in_the_Diakonikon_Baptistry_of_the_Moses_Memorial_Church_depicting_a_hunting_and_herding_scene_interspersed_with_various_animals,_Mount_Nebo,_Jordan_(26803945218).jpg

Sorry it's a day late - the February social media calendar is now up: https://arthistoryanimalia.com/calendar/
Today (2 Feb) is a busy day - it is #GroundhogDay (USA) / #MarmotDay (Alaska) / #HedgehogDay (Europe), #WorldOstrichDay, AND #WorldWetlandsDay! Stay tuned for posts for all of them! :)