Emu

Emu Physical Characteristics

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Aves

Order: Casuariiformes

Family: Casuariidae

Genus: Dromaius

Scientific Name: Dromaius Novaehollandiae

Type: Bird

Diet: Omnivore

Size (H): 1.5m - 1.9m (4.9ft - 6.2ft)

Weight: 18kg - 60kg (40lbs - 132lbs)

Top Speed: 40km/h (25mph)

Lifespan: 12 - 20 years

Lifestyle: Flock

Conservation Status: Least Concern

Colour: Black, Grey, Brown

Skin Type: Feathers

Favourite Food: Fruit

Habitat: Open grasslands with bushes close to water

Average Clutch Size: 11

Main Prey: Fruit, Seeds, Insects, Flowers

Predators: Human, Wild dogs, Birds of prey

Distinctive Features: Enormous body size and large eyes

The emu is the biggest winged creature local to Australia and the second biggest flying creature on the planet, behind the ostrich. The emu is most usually found in lush territories yet emus are regular all over Australia.

Studies show that emus appear to maintain a strategic distance from thick woodlands and to a great extent populated territories, as this implies the emu can be progressively mindful of its environment. Despite the fact that the emu prefers to be in forest or bush land where there is bounty to eat just as spread, they like to know precisely what is around them.

In Australia, there are tremendous emu ranches where the emu is reared for meat, oil and calfskin. Emu oil is said to hold therapeutic mending properties when scoured onto excruciating joints and is usually utilized over the world for the most part for sports wounds yet in addition joint pain.

Emus can develop to almost 2 meters tall and have very delicate plumes. Emus are flightless fowls primarily because of their huge size, which implies that they are simply too substantial to even consider flying. Emus are traveling creatures which implies that they seldom remain in a similar spot for long. This voyaging way of life implies that the emu can take advantage of the nourishment that is accessible and emus are known to travel long separations so as to discover more nourishment.

Emus are omnivorous flying creatures sustaining predominantly on organic products, seeds and creepy crawlies. Emus are commonly discovered near water and are in this way not enthusiastic about increasingly dry locales. In any case, the acquaintance of better water supplies with inland Australia has implied that in spite of the populace lessening of the wild emu, their range has extended.

Emus have long necks and long legs in contrast with their body size. The long, adaptable legs of the emu imply that the emu can run at high speeds, with emus for the most part running at around 25 mph. Emus in any case, can arrive at a top speed of 30 mph in short blasts should the emu need to escape rapidly from a hazardous circumstance.

Emus structure reproducing sets during the Australian summer (December) and mating as a rule happens when the atmosphere becomes cooler a couple of months after the fact. The female emu can lay up to 20 eggs (albeit 12 is the normal number), which incubate following a few months. The male emu eats almost no all through the rearing procedure and it is he that hatches the eggs. When the emu chicks incubate, the male emu has lost a lot of body weight and lives of his fat stores.

Emus have barely any predators because of their huge measure and quick speed. Emus are most normally gone after by wild pooches and crocodiles and are chased by people. Emu eggs are eaten by numerous creatures including hounds, winged animals of prey and enormous reptiles.

Emus will in general live for somewhere in the range of 10 and 20 years in the wild, in spite of the fact that it isn't exceptional for an emu to be over 30 years of age, especially when in imprisonment. Emus are known to be flexible creatures and can without much of a stretch adjust to a wide range of conditions.