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   ocr: ostrich, looking for clues to its adaptability and for more information on its complex social life. Also pictured here, wart hogs Phacochoerus aethiopicus) are savannah dwellers and live mainly by grazing, often kneeling to feed. They also root in the ground for roots and tubers, and when the ground is baked hard during dry periods, they are very susceptible to starvation. They are never found far from water. Wart hog groups are usually mother and composed several of off- a OSTR - spring, and often a male, although old males may live alone. Three or & four young are born in an underground burr ...