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Jessica Hehir-Smith & Laura Sharman

Hilarious moment woman freaks out when ostrich pokes its head through her car window

This is the hilarious moment a woman totally freaked out when an ostrich poked its head through the car window at a safari park in search of food.

Chloe Benham, 22, was excited to visit the Safari Wild Animal Park in Como, Mississippi, USA, with her friend Stephen Malon, 29.

But she panicked when the ostrich excitedly went for the bag of corn inside their car.

Chloe, a student at the University of Mississippi, grew up on a farm and loves animals.

Once she regained her composure, both of them burst out laughing and described the day as absolutely hilarious.

“I probably laughed the hardest I ever have in my life," Chloe said.

“There were a ton of ostriches across the animal park grounds, so we did encounter them after this.

The hilarious moment a woman freaks out when an ostrich peaked through the window (Collab / SWNS)

"I made sure to roll up my window before they could get another chance to stick their head in the car.

“I would really love to overcome my fear of ostriches before I die though.”

Bartender Stephen had visited the park once before and was excited to go back.

He added: “I had been once before so I was excited to go back again.

Chloe Benham got a fright (Collab / SWNS)
The ostrich was looking for food (Collab / SWNS)

"Chloe grew up around farm animals and LOVED goats so she was very excited too.

“I never expected her to be scared of any of them, let alone an ostrich. Neither of us knew what was coming.”

The flightless ostrich is the largest bird in the world and the fastest runner among any other two-legged animal, able to sprint at around 45mph.

Chloe visited the park with friend Stephen (Collab / SWNS)
The pair found the episode hilarious (Collab / SWNS)

Ostriches have three stomachs and typically eat plants, roots and seeds.

But the hungry birds are also partial to eating insects, lizards and other creatures living in their sometimes harsh environment.

The most familiar species is the North African ostrich, found from Morocco to Sudan. Ostriches also live in eastern and southern parts of Africa.

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