PHOTO: Dragon rescue team

 

An escaped ostrich was caught after running loose on local roads in the Mueang Chonburi District for two hours yesterday causing traffic delays and bemused looks from area residents.

 

The Don Hualor Police were notified about the escaped ostrich yesterday afternoon (September 1st) on Suk Prayoon Road in the Don Hualor sub-district.

 

Rescue workers, staffers from the Don Hualor Municipality, and police rushed to the scene and found a two meter tall ostrich running on a local road. The ostrich had caused a traffic backup for about one kilometer.

 

Full Story: https://thepattayanews.com/2021/09/02/ostrich-caught-at-mall-after-escaping-farm-and-running-loose-on-chonburi-roads/

 

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why are farms in Thailand keeping ostrches - genuine question

 

what is the farming value

 

ok so I have read it is similar to prime beef and less fat, is it being used in Thailand or maybe for export 

1 hour ago, smedly said:

why are farms in Thailand keeping ostrches - genuine question

 

what is the farming value

 

ok so I have read it is similar to prime beef and less fat, is it being used in Thailand or maybe for export 

Eggs..... Meat...  Feathers...

10 hours ago, GBW said:

Eggs..... Meat...  Feathers...

The Thai love of cooked chicken feet should extend to this animal, most satiating. 

Lots of ostrich farms in different countries these days. As GBW mentioned, eggs, meat and feathers.

If I recall, there are a couple (or more than a couple) of "wild game" restaurants around that serve "exotic" meats. Maybe including ostrich ? 
Which I'm sure probably "tastes like chicken" (depending on what it's fed of course).

Gahk - chicken shi* is bad enough. Don't want to imagine what working on a "ostrich farm" would be like when the shi* is 20 times the size of a chicken's !

They are vicious creatures. A few farmers have been killed by them over the  years in both the USA and Australia. They are quite aggressive and their claws are like razor talons. Once when visiting the Kuala Lumpur bird park I saw an outer gate (with an ostrich kept in cage within the outer fence) left open and some food left nearby. I idioticallly assumed it was some kind of station where visitors could feed the beast. I grabbed a handful of greens and as I approached the  inner cage the bird lunged at the cage with full force squawking like the devil. I ran fast enough to qualify for the next Olympics. 

12 hours ago, smedly said:

why are farms in Thailand keeping ostrches - genuine question

 

what is the farming value

 

ok so I have read it is similar to prime beef and less fat, is it being used in Thailand or maybe for export 

Have you seen the size of the omelettes?  ????

39 minutes ago, phetphet said:

Have you seen the size of the omelettes?  ????

Yes, has to be an omelet, I managed to use a large coffee beaker and a baguette for a soft boiled one, but difficult to get the timing right!

Ostrich make a nice meal.  Tastes like beef and as such is better when aged.  Biggest problem you'll have is pulling the wishbone.

13 hours ago, rcuthbert said:

The devastation of Soi 6 has driven many old birds crazy.

 

Eeew... 

3 hours ago, tonray said:

I grabbed a handful of greens and as I approached the  inner cage the bird lunged at the cage with full force squawking like the devil. I ran fast enough to qualify for the next Olympics. 

I can imagine. Those things get big enough to ride on ! And super fast. Fastest land animal on 2 legs according to Wiki (and Jumanji). Sprint at speeds of 45 mph (72 km/h) with bursts up to 60 mph (96.6 km/h).

Is there an "Sh1tting your pants while screaming like a little girl" sprinting event in the Olympics now ? (Used to get a hoot out of seeing grown adults, including soldiers, literally scream like a child in Afghanistan when a camel spider would come out from somewhere and run toward them. Normally the spider is just looking for a shady place and wants to be in your shadow, but it sure looks like it wants to make a meal out of you.)

Stick people in boxes at the starting line (like they do in horse and dog races) after they've eaten a big meal, then surprise them with angry ostriches or camel spiders or something and watch them run (and **** themselves) !

Would probably be one of the most entertaining events in Olympic history !

17 hours ago, smedly said:

why are farms in Thailand keeping ostrches - genuine question

 

what is the farming value

 

ok so I have read it is similar to prime beef and less fat, is it being used in Thailand or maybe for export 

Many Thai people like bury the head in the sand.

I have never eaten Ostrich meat ( knowingly ), but have eaten the Meat of the Rea Bird.

This is a large Bird only a Tad smaller than the ostrich, and the meat was divine off the Thigh.

I couldnt eat all the meat on the Thigh, and the bone was as big as a baseball Bat.

18 hours ago, smedly said:

why are farms in Thailand keeping ostriches

Breeding them for the Phuket Sandbox?????

 

 

2 hours ago, Cake Monster said:

I have never eaten Ostrich meat ( knowingly ), but have eaten the Meat of the Rea Bird.

This is a large Bird only a Tad smaller than the ostrich, and the meat was divine off the Thigh.

I couldnt eat all the meat on the Thigh, and the bone was as big as a baseball Bat.

After which it would be gone...a....rhea?

18 hours ago, GBW said:

Eggs..... Meat...  Feathers...

... leather. 

7 hours ago, Gsxrnz said:

Ostrich make a nice meal.  Tastes like beef and as such is better when aged.  Biggest problem you'll have is pulling the wishbone.

Killing and eating animals is disgusting.

6 hours ago, hotchilli said:

Eeew... 

I had to take the minimalist approach lest the Mods pull the picture. (no pun intended)

1 hour ago, Thingamabob said:

Killing and eating animals is disgusting.

Says you.

6 hours ago, Thingamabob said:

Killing and eating animals is disgusting.

Can't beat a nice rare piece of steak, when the restaurants reopen with wine & beer me & the mrs will be out to our favourites again. Can't wait.

22 hours ago, Kerryd said:

Which I'm sure probably "tastes like chicken"

Actually, it tastes like beef.

17 hours ago, Thingamabob said:

Killing and eating animals is disgusting.

I only do the eating, Some other cruel son of a b**** kills them for me.