Funny scene in South Korea.
Tadori, a 4-year-old male ostrich, embarked on a chase with police among other vehicles after escaping from Bug City Zoo in Seongnam, a city near Seoul.
After causing chaos for an hour in the city center while trying to avoid vehicles in the middle of heavy traffic, the young animal was able to be apprehended by the South Korean authorities.
Local police and firefighters captured the bird using a net in a parking lot about 1.6 miles from the zoo.
Several witnesses posted photos and videos on social networks of the animal wandering through the streets of Seongnam with a police car on its heels, among numerous motorists taken aback, many of whom stopped to let the vehicle pass. big bird.
Video also shows the ostrich colliding with a truck, falling to the ground before getting back on its long legs and speeding away.
An ostrich has been returned to a zoo in the South Korean town of Seongnam after spending around an hour galloping around traffic-heavy roads, local authorities said https://t.co/kz95urnaMR pic.twitter.com/YxGMN11QOw
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He was “his only friend”
Once captured, the ostrich was safely returned to the zoo in stable condition, zoo owner Choi Yun-joo told Reuters.
According to the latter, Tadori's escape could well be due to the recent death of Tasooni, the ostrich with whom he lived in the Bug City zoo.
“His only friend, an ostrich Tasooni, died about a month ago.
I imagine it was hard for Tadori,” he said.
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Indeed, the ostrich is a gregarious and social animal, which lives in families or in groups throughout the year.