One Planet News: Unpredictable and dangerous - how much do you know about the largest, heaviest and fastest bird?

One well-aimed kick can disable or kill a lion.

By Annette J Beveridge

The largest, heaviest and fastest bird in the world packs a real punch or should that be a powerful kick?

One well-aimed strike from an ostrich’s long-muscled leg is sufficient to kill a lion or other large predator. Most birds have four toes or more but the ostrich is the only bird to have just two toes. There is a deadly ten-cen…