Do ostrichs really stick there heads in the ground?(Science illustrated jan/feb 2009)

This article didn't surprise me at all. Ostriches DO NOT stick they're head in the ground when they are startled. But this myth came from what they do when they won't flee which is lie down on the ground with there head on the dirt, the reason behind this is there head is the same color as the dirt so predators won't see them.