[PEN-L:28219] RE: Re: query

["Devine, James" <jdevine@xxxxxxx>]

Title: RE: [PEN-L:28215] Re: query

Do ostriches bury their heads in the sand, emulating economists?

according to Yahoo,  >We arrived at a page from The Canadian Museum of Nature that further elaborated on the myth:

If threatened while sitting on the nest, which is simply a cavity scooped in the earth, the hen presses her long neck flat along the ground, blending with the background. Ostriches, contrary to popular belief, do not bury their heads in the sand.

That sounded reasonable to us, and since ostriches grow up to 8 feet tall and weigh up to 300 pounds, we decided that first-hand research was out of the question. So, from what we've deduced, our final answer is ... no. <

this may be a good position because they can use their legs as weapons and, once startled, can run very fast.

Jim Devine jdevine@xxxxxxx &  http://bellarmine.lmu.edu/~jdevine

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gar Lipow [mailto:lipowg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Friday, July 19, 2002 1:23 PM
> To: pen-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [PEN-L:28215] Re: query
>
>
> If you don't mind cliches, and will accept a phrase rather
> than a single
> word, how about "head in the sand" - or the ostrich viewpont. (In all
> fairness to ostriches it is not actually true that they bury
> their heads
> in the sand as a way of hiding. They are doing for some other
> reason.)
> But "head in the sand" or other references to ostriches do convey
> exactly what you are trying to - which is why cliches are
> often so tempting.
>
> Devine, James wrote:
>
> > What's a good synonym for autism or dereism? I'm looking
> for the word
> > that means that one believes that something doesn't exist after one
> > shuts one's eyes (a belief of many very young children) or
> that only
> > one's own perceived reality exists. (Most dictionaries don't have
> > "dereism," so it won't do.)
> >
> > thanks ahead of time.
> >
> > Jim Devine jdevine@xxxxxxx &  http://bellarmine.lmu.edu/~jdevine
> >
> > 
> >
>