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Hope you weren’t too startledby the Ostrichthe last time you bumped into it inAnimal Wellon the way to grabbing your Yoyo upgrade during the first portion of the game – there’s much more feathered fun to be had with the giant bird on a lower level of the Well.
To get to the second Ostrich puzzle, you’ll need to solve a puzzle involving several cat cages, hidden buttons, and plenty of fearsome squawking from the Ostrich itself. The chase ends with you getting rid of the bird for good andgetting the G. Flamein Animal Well.
Where Is The Second Ostrich Puzzle?
Accessing the route down to the second Ostrich puzzle in Animal Well requiresat least the Yoyoandthe B. Wand, so be sure you have both upgrades before venturing off.
To reach the second Ostrich, head over to thetelephone in the southeast quadrantthat you activated right near the set ofrising platformsthat led you to obtaining the Yoyo upgrade earlier in the game. However, if you don’t know yet how to use the Yoyo, it’s easy to skip right past this part of the game.
From the telephone by the rising platforms,ride the platforms up on screen, where you opened the path near the mouse on a wheel that led you back to the telephone room. Here,jump on top of the mouseas it runs anduse your Yoyo behind the mouse. Doing so will catch its attention, which makes it run the other way on its wheel so it nowlowers the nearby platforms instead of raising them.
With the vertical platforms going down now, jump back onto one andride the platforms down two screensfrom that mouse. You’ll enter a new area withplatforms that move vertically and horizontally. In this first area, hop onto one of the horizontal platforms andride one screen to the left.
Here, you’ll need touse the B. Wand to jump onto the floating platformsin the middle of the room here. Once you’re on them, jump to the left andblow a bubble into the Shark’s mouth, thenjump into the bubbleto be transported into the next puzzle.
Cat Cage Puzzle Solution
The Shark spits you out into another room, where you landon top of one of three cat cageshanging from the ceiling. In thebottom right cornerof this room isblocked ladder, the door for which correlates to thethree yellow buttonsaround this central room. Naturally, you’ll need tohit all three, so get started bygoing left.
In this room, you’ll see anotherblue mouse head puzzleat the top of the room and another section ofhorizontal-moving platformsat the bottom. For now,dodge the platforms to reach the second level of this roomby jumping through the wooden platform above the vertical ones.
Here,use your Yoyo to break the spikesso you canleave this room to the righton a higher platform than you were, which allows you space touse your Yoyo to hit the middle left button in the cat cage puzzlebefore jumping back into the main room.
In the spaceto the right of the cat cage roomis another mouse wheel puzzle, this time withfour buttons on the bottomthat you’ll need todrop into the platformsso you canuse your Yoyo to press all four. All the while, you’ll need tobe mindful that the horizontal-moving platforms don’t crush you.
If they do crush you against a wall, it’s a one-hit KO, respawing you at your last telephone save.
Another important piece of this puzzle is themouse running in a wheelon the bottom of the room, whichinfluences the direction of the moving horizontal platforms. You’ll need to do this fairly often, so remember where this mouse is.
After hitting all four of the yellow buttons in this room,make sure the mouse is moving the platforms to the rightbefore you leave byjumping through the unblocked path to the top left buttonfrom the main cat cage room, and re-enter the main area of the room again.
Return to theroom on the left, where you’ll see that thehorizontal platforms are moving the opposite way. To proceed,drop between two platformsand, while facing right,use your Yoyo to break the ice hereto reveal a path toanother Shark. As usual,blow a bubble into its mouthto leave.
This spits you back out at theShark that warps you to the cat roomin the room to the left of where you descended into this area, but now, thehorizontal platforms are moving to the right. Leave this room by riding a platformback into the main roomyou first arrived in.
With these platforms moving another way now, you cancarefully jump around them to reach the Shark on the right. This takes you to thearea you saw earlier with two blocked doors leading to TNT. Open the doors before youhit the TNT. Doing soreveals a hidden Shark to the left, so jump back that way andblow a bubbleto use the Shark again.
This sharkreturns you to the cat cage roomagain, but if yougo to the left roomnow, you should see that thevertical platforms are now moving upward. Ride them up to the top part of the screen,carefully dodge your way through the mouse head puzzle, and ignore the button on the ceiling for now.
Leave the screen to the left,where you’ll be able tojump to hit the top left button. This was your final one, soget back to the main cat cage roomso you can finallygo down the ladder you just unlocked.
Ostrich Wheel Puzzle Solution
In this next area, you’ll see atelephone just below you, so it’s wise to save your game to create a new respawn point.
The Right Button
Once you’ve saved your game,leave the room to the left, where you’ll see several whale fans that are currently without power. Carefully hop over them to keep going left, where you’ll findtwo more hanging cat cages. Either break or jump over the spikes on your path andkeep going left.
It’s in this room that youfind the Ostrich once again, but this time, instead of chasing you through the ground like it did before, the Ostrich isconfined to a wheellike the mice have been so far.
While you’re here, take notice thatthe Ostrich runs in whichever direction it can see your blob. If you’re to its right, it runs right, but if you move to its left, it turns around and runs left.As the Ostrich changes direction, so do the series of blocks moving along the water at the bottom of the screenthroughout this area below the platforms you were using.
To start,go to the left side of the Ostrich to attract its attentionand change the direction of the blocks. Then,sneak beneath the platform below the Ostrich, where it will lose sight of you and keep the platforms moving to the right. Ride the platforms right, where you’ll be able tohit the green button in the fan room.
The green buttonturns on the three whale fansin the next room to the right. Now that they’re on, you can get back to the main room to reenter the central path. Now,use a bubble in the left fanto rise up to the higher platform and go back a screen to the left.
Here, you’re in ahigher area of the room with the two cat cages, which you’ll need to use tojump across to the left upper platform. You’ll now have access to theupper right buttonin the main Ostrich room, so hit it beforedropping to the main part of the room again.
The Left Button(s)
Now, we’ll need tosneak under the Ostrich without it seeing us, which will prevent it from changing direction andkeeps the platforms moving to the left. Use the opening beneath the platform below the Ostrich todrop onto a block and ride to the left,where you’ll find even moreOstrich blocks moving horizontallyat both the top and bottom of the screen.
In this room, there areseveral buttons hidden beneath the yellow spot on the left side of the room, which you’ll notice through afalse wall to the right of the yellow piece. Carefully venture through andnavigate the tunnels and blocks to hit both buttons, since theyboth need to be pressed to release the Ostrich.
Once you’ve hit them both, jump back out of this area, anduse the B. Wand to hop over the top Ostrich blocks. This will bring you to anupper area in the top right corner, which is the path that leads to theleft button in the Ostrich room.
With that pressed, you’ll just need toget back to the main Ostrich room, and prepare for one heck of a chase sequence.
Drown The Ostrich To Get The G. Flame
Remember that odd green button you saw above the yellow buttons by the entrance to this puzzle? As soon as youstep on the button just below the Ostrichwith the other four buttons already pressed,the wheel comes loose, which begins a sequence wherethe Ostrich chases you to the rightof this area.
You need toquickly move to the rightafter pressing the final button, since the Ostrich’s wheel will fall and kill you if it crushes your blob.
This chase leads you back toward the four buttons you needed to find a way to hit below the trap door, so you’ll need tobe quick and careful not to let the Ostrich catch up, or you’ll need to begin the sequence again as yourun back to the entrance to this puzzle.
Once you’ve gotten it back to the main room,step on the green buttonon the right side. This opens the trap door just to your left above the buttons, and the Ostrich’s wheel sinks down andhits the four buttonsto open thepath to the G. Flamefor you.
