After it was knocked out by a truck, this is how an ostrich flew down a northern China motorway.
Video shows the flightless bird, which can reach speeds of 45 miles an hour, swerving cars as it races between the lanes on the Rongcheng–Wuhai Expressway in the city of Tianjin on January 3.
According to local media, a passerby called traffic officers and said that an ostrich the size of a car was speeding down the highway.
The ostrich swerves between lanes as it rushes down the highway in Tianjin, northern China
It was finally taken to a nearby enclosed courtyard where it was returned with its owner.
According to Sina, he was carrying the ostriches from Jizhou District. He lost the rogue runner when the cargo boxes doors were not fastened.
Ostriches grow to as high as 9 feet in height and have the ability to kill larger predators with their vicious kicks.
A heavy hitter may weigh up to 330lbs and is listed in Encyclopaedia Britishnica as one of the most deadly birds.
The flightless bird, which can reach speeds of 45 miles per hour, races down the Rongcheng–Wuhai Expressway
The ostrich runs down the road and in-between cars after falling out of a truck transporting it to the Jizhou District
According to a 2019, study, China is Asia’s top-ranked breeder of ostriches with approximately 20,000 farms.
These birds are highly sought after for their meat, eggs, feathers and bone.
If provoked by humans, Ostriches will not attack people. However, they can be aggressive when threatened.
Last month a fisherman near the city of Yancheng was repeatedly trampled by a ‘guard ostrich’ after breaking into a private property to fish at a pond.
A video of the attack on the man in his 50s by the large bird was recorded at Jiangsu, an eastern province.