Assertion: ostrich | /r/CapableOf | swallow pebble
Facets:
value: to grind their food
type: PURPOSE
value: sometimes
type: DEGREE
value: lacking teeth
type: OTHER
value: often
type: TEMPORAL
value: for helping their digestive system
type: PURPOSE
value: to grind an adult ostrich
type: PURPOSE
value: due to this
type: CAUSE
value: deliberately
type: MANNER
value: as a substitute for teeth
type: PURPOSE
value: to help with digestion
type: PURPOSE
Source sentences:
text: Ostriches have no teeth and therefore often swallow pebbles to help with digestion in the gizzard.
text: Ostriches Eat Pebbles
text: To better break down their meals, ostriches use sand and pebbles as a substitute for teeth; the pebbles help grind up food in their gizzards.
text: Ostriches have no teeth, so they swallow their food whole and consume pebbles or small stones to grind their food into digestible pieces.
text: The ostrich also swallows pebbles which assist in its digestive processes.
text: Instead, they swallow pebbles.
text: Instead, they swallow pebbles.
text: Instead, they swallow pebbles.
text: Ostrich often swallows pebbles and sand that aid them in grinding up their ingested food in its gizzard, a peculiar muscular stomach.
text: Lacking teeth, they swallow pebbles that act as gastroliths to grind food in the gizzard.
text: Since they lack teeth, ostriches swallow pebbles, sand and small stones to grind up food in their gizzard.
text: These big birds also swallow sand, pebbles and small stones that help grind up food in the gizzard.
text: The myth may have resulted from the fact that, from a distance, when ostriches feed they appear to be burying their head in the sand because they deliberately swallow sand and pebbles to help grind up their food.
text: Due to this, sometimes they swallow sand, pebbles or small pieces of metals.
text: Lacking teeth, they swallow pebbles that act as gastroliths to grind food in the gizzard.
text: Ostrich don’t have teeth and therefore swallow pebbles to grind their food and an adult ostrich can carry about 1kg of stones at any one time and can go without drinking for several days surviving on metabolic water and moisture in ingested roots, seeds and insects but enjoy liquid water and frequently take a bath where water is available.
text: They swallow pebbles to help grind the food in their gizzards.
text: They also eat sand and pebbles, to help grind up their food inside their gizzard, which is a small pouch where food is crushed and ripped up before it reaches the stomach.
text: They have even been known to eat sand and pebbles, which helps them grind up their food inside their gizzard, a small pouch where food is crushed and ripped up before it reaches the stomach.
text: Ostriches sometimes eat stones and pebbles which help them to digest their food.
text: They even eat pebbles for helping their digestive system.
text: They have also been known to eat sand and pebbles –