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Created 12/2/2025. Last updated 18/3/2026.

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This page is being used to collect information about the history of folded paper ostriches, emus and rheas. Please contact me if you know any of this information is incorrect or if you have any other information that should be added. Thank you.

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1944

A design for 'El Nandu' (the rhea) developed from the form shown below, which is half a bird base folded from a right angle isosceles triangle obtained by folding a square in half.appears in the second edition of 'Papiro-Zoo: Manual Practico de Papirologia o Cocotologia' by Giordano Lareo, which was published by Libraria 'El Ateneo' Editorial in Buenos Aires in 1944.

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The Ostrich - 1960 onwards

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1968

A cut design for an 'Ostrich' appears in 'Jolly Origami: Aquarium Book' by Tatsuo Miyawaki, which was published by Biken-Sha in Matsuyama, Japan in 1968.

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