Can ostriches be trained to be living wheelchairs/assistance animal??

Subject: Can ostriches be trained to be living wheelchairs/assistance animal??

Date: Fri Jan 28 13:02:14 2011
Posted by Tiago
Grade level: undergrad School: No school entered.
City: No city entered. State/Province: No state entered. Country: Brazil
Area of science: Zoology
ID: 1296244934.Zo

Message:


Can ostriches be trained to behave kinda like those dogs that flick light
switches, open doors, pick socks in drawers etc for people with disabilities,
but also to be rode(sp?) by disabled people everywhere kinda like a cross
betweem a seeing-eye dog and a horse?

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