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Story: The reason why the ostrich does not click
Title
The reason why the ostrich does not click
Collection
Summary
The reason why the Ostrich is represented as speaking without making use of click. By /han≠kass’o (L VIII.-30. 8628 rev. and 8629 rev., note). The ostrich does not click because its tongue is not long.
Comments
1) This story is found in Book VIII-30
Contributors
|han≠kass'o (Klein Jantje) (VIII)
Date
July 1879
Categories
Plants and animals, History (Early Race)
Keywords
ostrich (its speech) , ostrich (reason why it does not click) , ostrich (its tongue does not allow it to click) , ostrich (its call) , ostrich (females call) , ostrich (when the Ostrich was human) , ostrich (when it was one of the Early Race) , Early Race (or the First Bushmen) , Early Race (and the speech of animals) , Early Race (and the speech of the ostrich) , Early Race (when the Ostrich was human) , Early Race (the reason why the ostrich does not click) , clicks (and the speech of animals) , clicks (accounting for) , clicks (why the ostrich does not) , speech (of the ostrich) , speech (the reason why the ostrich does not click)
Story Pages
8628v-8629v