We’ve had good luck in the past few days and have been able to spot a large herd of ñandús in the morning on the way out to the field sites. Seeing one or two at a time is pretty hilarious, especially when they run beside the truck, but spotting a herd is almost surreal.
We’ve seen between 11 and 21 in this large herd, depending on the day. If it wasn’t weird enough to see odd-looking ostrich creatures gathered together in a group, it’s even funnier when their group is flanked by horses or cows.
The livestock generally are pretty nonchalant about our truck driving on the road near them, but the ñandús take off like bats out of hell. I’m not quite sure why they panic so much, but it makes me laugh every time.
We’ve even had the pleasure of watching a couple ñandús that seem to be stuck in the fenced area near the house. Most of the time they’re pretty laid back, wandering the area and plucking grass as they go, but once we saw them run around in a large circle at breakneck speed while the horses in the middle just continued to eat their morning grass.
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