Evidently, being raised entirely by humans (as is the standard operating procedure on ostrich farms) has a significant impact on the disposition of the big, flightless birds. What kind of impact? The sort of impact that leads ostriches to believe that a human would make for a fine mate. Neurotic Physiology's Scicurious explained this phenomenon back in 2012:⁠ ⁠ "Courtship behavior in ostriches takes two forms. The male will do a little courtship dance, flapping his wings out, squatting down, and waving his neck back and forth. At this signal, if the female likes what she sees, she'll flap her wings backward, while bending her neck forward, and making a clapping noise with her beak. And it turned out that the farmers [at Hangland Farms, in the UK] were noticing more of this behavior when they were present."⁠ ⁠ _____⁠ ⁠ Scientists set up observation stations near several ostrich enclosures (the ostriches were grouped as one male to two females). They carefully kept themselves well out of...