Ostrich
When hunted the ostrich is said to run a certain distance and
then thrust its head into a bush, thinking, because it cannot see, that
it cannot be seen by the hunters. (See Crocodile.)
Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894 More on Ostrich from Fact Monster:
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