When I was a little kid, I stuck my finger through the chain link fence in the San Diego Zoo, taunting an ostrich. With lightning speed, he flexed his 3' long neck to close the distance between us, snap onto my finger. While I screamed bloody murder, we had a brief tug o' war featuring my finger. Ostriches have given me the creeps ever since, seriously.
Did it break the skin on your finger?