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.
Why Do Ostriches Stick Their Heads in the Sand? The short answer to this question is: They don't. But since this is quite an embarrassing accusation for the ostrich âintentionally self-suffocating?!âlet's take a minute to unpack this myth and clear the ostrich's name.