Assertion: ostrich | /r/CapableOf | swallow sand
Facets:
value: to help grind up their food
type: PURPOSE
value: often
type: TEMPORAL
value: in captivity
type: LOCATION
value: due to this
type: CAUSE
value: deliberately
type: MANNER
Source sentences:
text: Ostrich often swallows pebbles and sand that aid them in grinding up their ingested food in its gizzard, a peculiar muscular stomach.
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: 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: To help digest food, ostriches swallow small stones and sand.
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: 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 in the wild and in captivity also eat sand and small stones to help grind up their food because they do not have teeth.
text: They have also been known to eat sand and pebbles –