Assertion: ostrich | /r/HasProperty | stupid
Facets:
value: profoundly
type: DEGREE
Source sentences:
text: The ancient Roman encyclopedist and philosopher Pliny the Elder once wrote that the ostrich, being profoundly stupid, sticks its head into a bush at the first sign of danger and considers itself invisible.
text: Critics read these passages as saying that the ostrich is a stupid bird that lays its eggs on the ground, leaves them to be hatched by the heat of the sand, and then treats her young harshly after they have hatched.
text: Some people think this behavior results from the fact that ostriches are so stupid that they believe burying their heads will make them invisible to predators.