The internet is going crazy over a video showing an ostrich galloping at 45 kilometers per hour on a Chinese highway, causing motorists to swerve.

The flightless bird was said to have escaped from a cargo vehicle on Tianjin’s Rongcheng–Wuhai Expressway. The ostriches were being transported to Jizhou District by the driver. When he struck a speed bump on the way, his truck’s door flew open.

According to local media accounts, a witness contacted traffic cops to report an ostrich “as large as a vehicle” speeding down the roadway. Two police cars were able to contain the scared bird without any injuries to it and get it off the highway. They led it into a secure area and reunited it with its owner.

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Ostriches may grow to be 9 feet tall and weigh up to 330 pounds, which is enough to do serious damage in a vehicle accident. According to 2019 research, China is Asia’s top bird breeder, with over 20,000 farms.

According to a report published in the Zagazig Journal of Agricultural Research, the ostrich has become one of the world’s most profitable agricultural enterprises. China began importing several ostrich species from South Africa in 1992. Since the 1980s, ostriches have been farmed all over the world for their feathers, meat, egg, hair, and bone, all of which have a high economic value.

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They have been classified as one of the most deadly birds because of their aggressive nature. A territorial ‘guard ostrich’ attacked a fisherman in the city of Yancheng, in the eastern Chinese province of Jiangsu, last month.

After sneaking onto private property to fish at a pond, he was repeatedly crushed by the big bird, according to video evidence.