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With no sand in sight, ostriches in the snow keep their heads upright

Ostriches crowd in an open-air cage at a farm in the Belarus village of Kozishche, some 190 miles southwest of Minsk, on Jan. 24, 2013.

Do ostriches really bury their heads in the sand? According to the American Ostrich Association, it's a myth.

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