What is being measured?
Comparison uses the midpoint of the zoo’s published 1.7–1.9 m range. Female standing-height range; the male metric field contains a typographical error and is not used. This is a range midpoint, not a population mean.
The comparison uses the midpoint of the stated range. That midpoint is a chosen reference, not a measured population mean.
- Dimension
- standing height
- Reference value
- 1.8 m
- Evidence
- Chosen midpoint of a documented range
- In metres
- 1.8 m
- Variant
- Adult female
- Source range
- 1.7–1.9 m
- What the range means
- Female standing-height range; the male metric field contains a typographical error and is not used.
Put the length in perspective
One Ostrich — adult female represents approximately 21 card lengths measured end to end. This is a length ratio; it does not calculate how the objects pack or fit.
Ostrich — adult female · 1.8 m
Metre · 1 m
Foot (international) · 0.3048 m