Oleksiy Mishchenko and his crew traveled to South Africa last week for the Cape Town Cycle Tour, otherwise known as the “world’s largest timed cycle race,” but it was the world’s largest living bird keeping pace with them during a warm-up ride that had everybody talking.
Mishchenko said he and his mates were rolling along at roughly 31 miles per hour, and as you’ll see, the ostrich had no issue keeping up with them.
Impressive, yes, but some ostriches have been known to reach speeds up to 43 miles per hour at times.
As to why the ostrich decided to run alongside them for over a minute, Mishchenko said it was probably because he wanted everyone to know that he was no slouch underneath the feathers.
“My guess is he wanted to show off in front of his girlfriend. I bet she was very impressed,” Mishchenko said.
Yeah, either that or he wanted to let you know that he wasn’t too happy about you and your boys blowing through that stop sign two miles back. Those signs are for your safety as well, pal.
h/t Deadspin
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