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Let's go swimmin'!
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Range: Australia
Egg: (Wikimedia, Emu Egg File), Attribution: Author, Tamatauenga
Emu:
Image Credits: A Matter of Flight Dot Com
A good profile on emus is at switchzoo's Animal Facts, which says:
Emu, Dromaius novaehollandiae
Bird. The emu is Australia's largest bird, standing about 2 meters (6 feet) tall, and weighing up to 54 kg (120 lb). Emus cannot fly but they are fast runners - up to 48 km (30 mi) per hour. Surprisingly, they are also strong swimmers. Some scientists consider emus to be living dinosaurs because their bones and joints are similar to dinosaurs'. Their ability to store fat allows them to go without food for long periods of time. Emus can defend themselves with tremendously powerful forward kicks. They eat great quantities of caterpillars, grasshoppers, and masses of the burrs that tangle sheep wool, which makes them helpful to farmers
The emu lifespan in the wild is thought to be from 5- 10 years, and predators/threats are: Dingoes, eagles, dogs, cats, non-native foxes, and humans. Lizards eat eggs.
Diet of the wild emu includes: Flowers, fruits, seeds, shoots, large insects (caterpillars are a favorite), lizards, and small rodents. They also swallow large pebbles to grind up food in their gizzards.
There's a product made from emu oil called "that blue stuff." Those who use the original product can actually chase away the pain of arthritis, and some claim they were cured of arthritis after using just a few rub-ins. I use it to soothe muscle pain of fibromyalgia. It sure is a nice fix to reduce some muscular pains from my disease, and I got rid of what felt like bone pain (which is arthritis).
Thanks to the easing of pain I have enjoyed from "that blue stuff" I became very much a fan of emus.
Egg: (Wikimedia, Emu Egg File), Attribution: Author, Tamatauenga
Emu:
Image Credits: A Matter of Flight Dot Com
A good profile on emus is at switchzoo's Animal Facts, which says:
Emu, Dromaius novaehollandiae
Bird. The emu is Australia's largest bird, standing about 2 meters (6 feet) tall, and weighing up to 54 kg (120 lb). Emus cannot fly but they are fast runners - up to 48 km (30 mi) per hour. Surprisingly, they are also strong swimmers. Some scientists consider emus to be living dinosaurs because their bones and joints are similar to dinosaurs'. Their ability to store fat allows them to go without food for long periods of time. Emus can defend themselves with tremendously powerful forward kicks. They eat great quantities of caterpillars, grasshoppers, and masses of the burrs that tangle sheep wool, which makes them helpful to farmers
The emu lifespan in the wild is thought to be from 5- 10 years, and predators/threats are: Dingoes, eagles, dogs, cats, non-native foxes, and humans. Lizards eat eggs.
Diet of the wild emu includes: Flowers, fruits, seeds, shoots, large insects (caterpillars are a favorite), lizards, and small rodents. They also swallow large pebbles to grind up food in their gizzards.
There's a product made from emu oil called "that blue stuff." Those who use the original product can actually chase away the pain of arthritis, and some claim they were cured of arthritis after using just a few rub-ins. I use it to soothe muscle pain of fibromyalgia. It sure is a nice fix to reduce some muscular pains from my disease, and I got rid of what felt like bone pain (which is arthritis).
Thanks to the easing of pain I have enjoyed from "that blue stuff" I became very much a fan of emus.