Everyday Nature: How I Came To Love House Centipedes. Centipede by Flickr user Rob Swatski via a Creative Commons Sharealike license. Smart nature straight to your inbox every week. Iâve been called a lot of strange things in my life, but I never thought I could be called a nematode-lover.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. In behavioral finance, the ostrich effect is the attempt made by investors to avoid negative financial information. The name comes from the common (but false) legend that ostriches bury their heads in the sand to avoid danger.
But the more likely root of this claim has to do with ostriches' nests. Male ostriches dig a sizable holeâup to 6 to 8 feet wide and 2 to 3 feet deep, which is plenty big for their puny headsâin which to stow the eggs.