"The pelvic limb muscles of emus contribute a similar proportion of the total body mass as do the flight muscles of flying birds. When walking, the emu takes strides of about , but at full gallop, a stride can be as long as . Its legs are devoid of feathers and underneath its feet are thick, cushioned pads. Like the cassowary, the emu has sharp claws on its toes which are its major defensive attribute, and are used in combat to inflict wounds on opponents by kicking. The toe and claw total in length. The bill is quite small, measuring"
"Emu The emu (""Dromaius novaehollandiae"") is the second-largest living bird by height, after its ratite relative, the ostrich. It is endemic to Australia where it is the largest native bird and the only extant member of the genus ""Dromaius"". The emu's range covers most of mainland Australia, but the Tasmanian emu and King Island emu subspecies became extinct after the European settlement of Australia in 1788. The bird is sufficiently common for it to be rated as a least-concern species by the International Union for Conservation of Nature. Emus are soft-feathered, brown, flightless birds with long necks and legs, and"
"higher now than it was before European settlement, some local populations are at risk of extinction. The threats faced by emus include the clearance and fragmentation of areas of suitable habitat, deliberate slaughter, collisions with vehicles and predation of the eggs and young. Emu The emu (""Dromaius novaehollandiae"") is the second-largest living bird by height, after its ratite relative, the ostrich. It is endemic to Australia where it is the largest native bird and the only extant member of the genus ""Dromaius"". The emu's range covers most of mainland Australia, but the Tasmanian emu and King Island emu subspecies became"
"in Australia at the time of European settlement, and one additional species is known from fossil remains. The insular dwarf emus, ""D. baudinianus"" and ""D. n. minor"", originally present on Kangaroo Island and King Island respectively, both became extinct shortly after the arrival of Europeans. ""D. n. diemenensis"", a subspecies known as the Tasmanian emu, became extinct around 1865. However, the mainland sub-species, ""D. n. novaehollandiae"", remains common. The population of these birds varies from decade to decade, largely being dependent on rainfall; in 2009, it was estimated that there were between 630,000 and 725,000 birds. Emus were introduced to"
"a small bird, who responded by throwing a boomerang, severing the arms of the man and transforming him into a flightless emu. The Kurdaitcha man of Central Australia is said to wear sandals made of emu feathers to mask his footprints. Many Aboriginal language groups throughout Australia have a tradition that the dark dust lanes in the Milky Way represent a giant emu in the sky. Several of the Sydney rock engravings depict emus, and the birds are mimicked in indigenous dances. The emu is popularly but unofficially considered as a faunal emblem – the national bird of Australia. It"
"Birds of Australia Australia and its offshore islands and territories have 898 recorded bird species as of 2014. Of the recorded birds, 165 are considered vagrant or accidental visitors, of the remainder over 45% are classified as Australian endemics: found nowhere else on earth. It has been suggested that up to 10% of Australian bird species may go extinct by the year 2100 as a result of climate change. Australian species range from the tiny 8 cm weebill to the huge, flightless emu. Many species of Australian birds will immediately seem familiar to visitors from the Northern Hemisphere - Australian"
"that there is a single race in mainland Australia. Examination of the DNA of the King Island emu shows this bird to be closely related to the mainland emu and hence best treated as a subspecies. The emu is the second tallest bird in the world, only being exceeded in height by the ostrich; the largest individuals can reach up to in height. Measured from the bill to the tail, emus range in length from , with males averaging and females averaging . Emus weigh between , with an average of in males and females, respectively. Females are usually slightly"
"Emu-wren The emu-wrens (""Stipiturus"") are a genus of passerine birds in the Australasian wren family, Maluridae. They are found only in Australia, where they inhabit scrub, heathland and grassland. They are small birds, 12–19 cm long with the tail accounting for over half of their length. The tail has only six feathers which are loose and coarse in structure, rather like the feathers of the emu. Three species are recognised, one of which is endangered. The common name of the genus is derived from the resemblance of their tails to the feathers of an emu. The genus was defined by"
"weight. The eggs hatch after around eight weeks, and the young are nurtured by their fathers. They reach full size after around six months, but can remain as a family unit until the next breeding season. The emu is an important cultural icon of Australia, appearing on the coat of arms and various coins. The bird features prominently in Indigenous Australian mythology. Emus were first reported as having been seen by Europeans when explorers visited the western coast of Australia in 1696; this was an expedition led by Dutch captain Willem de Vlamingh who was searching for survivors of a"
"of the Australian government, use ""Dromaius"", with ""Dromiceius"" mentioned as an alternative spelling. The etymology of the common name ""emu"" is uncertain, but is thought to have come from an Arabic word for large bird that was later used by Portuguese explorers to describe the related cassowary in Australia and New Guinea. Another theory is that it comes from the word ""ema"", which is used in Portuguese to denote a large bird akin to an ostrich or crane. In Victoria, some terms for the emu were ""Barrimal"" in the Dja Dja Wurrung language, ""myoure"" in Gunai, and ""courn"" in Jardwadjali."
"Pilbara in the northwest. There is also an isolated population found to the east in south-western Queensland bounded by Dajarra, Winton, Fermoy and Boulia. It lives in spinifex shrubland. Rufous-crowned emu-wren The rufous-crowned emu-wren (""Stipiturus ruficeps"") is a species of bird in the Australasian wren family, Maluridae. It is endemic to Australia. The rufous-crowned emu-wren is one of three species of the genus ""Stipiturus"", commonly known as emu-wrens, found across southern and central Australia. It was first described in 1899 by Archibald James Campbell, more than a century after its relative the southern emu-wren. Its species name is derived from"
"a thin wall, and an opening long. Once common on the east coast of Australia, emus are now uncommon there; by contrast, the development of agriculture and the provision of water for stock in the interior of the continent have increased the range of the emu in arid regions. Emus live in various habitats across Australia both inland and near the coast. They are most common in areas of savannah woodland and sclerophyll forest, and least common in heavily populated districts and arid areas with annual precipitation of less than . Emus predominately travel in pairs, and while they can"
"been classified as a casuariid based on its similarities to modern cassowaries and emus. However, no recent studies have been performed on these remains. Casuariidae The bird family Casuariidae has four surviving members: the three species of cassowary and the emu. All living members of the family are very large flightless birds native to Australia-New Guinea, though the extinct potential member ""Hypselornis"" was native to India. The characteristics of the family are those of its members. The fossil record of casuariforms is interesting, but not very extensive. Some Australian fossils initially believed to be from emus were recognized to represent"
"mountains, lakes, hills, plains, creeks and waterholes. During the 19th and 20th centuries, many Australian companies and household products were named after the bird. In Western Australia, Emu beer has been produced since the early 20th century and the Swan Brewery continues to produce a range of beers branded as ""Emu"". The quarterly peer-reviewed journal of the Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union, also known as Birds Australia, is entitled ""Emu: Austral Ornithology"". The comedian Rod Hull featured a wayward emu puppet in his act for many years and the bird returned to the small screen in the hands of his son"
"of the smallest, the rufous-crowned, to 7.5 g of the southern emu-wren. The three species of emu-wrens each live in distinct habitats: the southern emu-wren preferring marshes and heathland, the mallee emu-wren inhabiting spinifex understory in mallee woodland, and the rufous-crowned emu-wren dwelling in spinifex in desert areas. Emu-wrens are fairly secretive and hard to spot, living in low shrub cover. They are predominantly insectivorous, but supplement their diet with seeds. Their furtive behaviour and brown colour has resulted in them being mistaken for bush mice. Emu-wren The emu-wrens (""Stipiturus"") are a genus of passerine birds in the Australasian wren"
"from Java. From there it was named by François Levaillant as the gauze-tailed warbler. This mistake was not picked up for another 55 years. Veillot defined the genus ""Malurus"" and placed the southern emu-wren within it, naming it as ""Malurus palustris"". The southern emu-wren derives its common name from its tail feathers, the loosely barbed nature of which resembles feathers of the emu, the irony being that the emu-wrens are among the smallest of Australian birds, while the emu is the largest. Up to eleven subspecies have been described, with eight currently recognised: The adult male has rusty-brown upperparts with"
"Emu War The Emu War, also known as the Great Emu War, was a nuisance wildlife management military operation undertaken in Australia over the latter part of 1932 to address public concern over the number of emus said to be running amok in the Campion district of Western Australia. The unsuccessful attempts to curb the population of emus, a large flightless bird indigenous to Australia, employed soldiers armed with Lewis guns—leading the media to adopt the name ""Emu War"" when referring to the incident. While a number of the birds were killed, the emu population persisted and continued to cause"
"The birds were known as ""murawung"" or ""birabayin"" to the local Eora and Darug inhabitants of the Sydney basin. The emu was long classified, with its closest relatives the cassowaries, in the family Casuariidae, part of the ratite order Struthioniformes. However, an alternate classification was proposed in 2014 by Mitchell et al., based on analysis of mitochondrial DNA. This splits off the Casuariidae into their own order, the Casuariformes, and includes only the cassowaries in the family Casuariidae, placing the emus in their own family, Dromaiidae. The cladogram shown below is from their study. Two different ""Dromaius"" species were present"
"85–92 days while females feed. They can go up to a week without eating and survive only off fat stores. The emu has been documented fasting as long as 56 days. If no continued pressures warrant the energy expenditure to maintain the structures of flight, selection will tend towards these other traits. Many flightless birds are extinct; this list shows species that are either still extant, or became extinct in the Holocene (no more than 11,000 years ago). Extinct species are indicated with a dagger (†). A number of species that are suspected, but not confirmed to be flightless, are"
"other lice, ticks, mites and flies. Chicks sometimes suffer from intestinal tract infections caused by coccidian protozoa, and the nematode ""Trichostrongylus tenuis"" infects the emu as well as a wide range of other birds, causing haemorrhagic diarrhoea. Other nematodes are found in the trachea and bronchi; ""Syngamus trachea"" causing haemorrhagic tracheitis and ""Cyathostoma variegatum"" causing serious respiratory problems in juveniles. Emus were used as a source of food by indigenous Australians and early European settlers. Emus are inquisitive birds and have been known to approach humans if they see unexpected movement of a limb or piece of clothing. In the"
"form large flocks, this is an atypical social behaviour that arises from the common need to move towards a new food source. Emus have been shown to travel long distances to reach abundant feeding areas. In Western Australia, emu movements follow a distinct seasonal pattern – north in summer and south in winter. On the east coast their wanderings seem to be more random and do not appear to follow a set pattern. Emus are diurnal birds and spend their day foraging, preening their plumage with their beak, dust bathing and resting. They are generally gregarious birds apart from the"
"the survey that help fill the distributional gaps include the Pacific baza, little bronze-cuckoo, figbird and white-breasted whistler. Pungalina-Seven Emu Sanctuary Pungalina-Seven Emu Sanctuary is a 3060 km nature reserve in the Northern Territory of Australia. It is managed by the Australian Wildlife Conservancy (AWC) which purchased Pungalina Station in 2009, with some assistance from the Wildlife Australia Fund. It adjoins the Gulf of Carpentaria near the border with Queensland, lying in the Gulf Coastal bioregion. The reserve is bordered by Calvert Hills and Wollogorang Stations to the south and east. The nearest town is Borroloola, 150 km to the"
"Rufous-crowned emu-wren The rufous-crowned emu-wren (""Stipiturus ruficeps"") is a species of bird in the Australasian wren family, Maluridae. It is endemic to Australia. The rufous-crowned emu-wren is one of three species of the genus ""Stipiturus"", commonly known as emu-wrens, found across southern and central Australia. It was first described in 1899 by Archibald James Campbell, more than a century after its relative the southern emu-wren. Its species name is derived from the Latin words ""rufus"" ""red"" and ""caput"" ""head"". No subspecies are recognised, although birds from Western Australia may have redder plumage, and females more blue on the face and"
"EMU Australia's main competitor for ugg boots in the Australian market is Luda Productions, which holds approximately 75% market share in Australia. The main competing brands in EMU's overseas markets are UGG Australia, manufactured by Deckers Outdoor Corporation, and Bearpaw, which produce similar sheepskin products and who hold over 95% market share worldwide between them. The name ""EMU"" is derived from the Australian Coat of Arms which features the emu bird. EMU Australia EMU Australia (simply referred to as EMU; pronounced ""eem-you"", often mispronounced ""eem-moo"") is an Australian lifestyle brand that designs, produces and markets footwear and accessories. The brand"
"An extreme example of this was the Emu War in Western Australia in 1932. Emus flocked to the Chandler and Walgoolan area during a dry spell, damaging rabbit fencing and devastating crops. An attempt to drive them off was mounted, with the army called in to dispatch them with machine guns; the emus largely avoided the hunters and won the battle. Emus are large, powerful birds, and their legs are among the strongest of any animal and powerful enough to tear down metal fencing. The birds are very defensive of their young, and there have been two documented cases of"
"larger than males and are substantially wider across the rump. Although flightless, emus have vestigial wings, the wing chord measuring around , and each wing having a small claw at the tip. Emus flap their wings when running, perhaps as a means of stabilising themselves when moving fast. They have long necks and legs, and can run at speeds of due to their highly specialised pelvic limb musculature. Their feet have only three toes and a similarly reduced number of bones and associated foot muscles; emus are the only birds with gastrocnemius muscles in the back of the lower legs."
"Southern cassowary The southern cassowary (""Casuarius casuarius""), also known as double-wattled cassowary, Australian cassowary or two-wattled cassowary, is a large flightless black bird. It is a ratite and therefore related to emu, ostrich, and the ""Rhea"" and Kiwi genera. (See also dwarf cassowary and northern cassowary.) Presently, most authorities consider the southern cassowary monotypic, but several subspecies have been described. It has proven very difficult to confirm the validity of these due to individual variations, age-related variations, the relatively few available specimens (and the bright skin of the head and neck – the basis upon which several subspecies have been"
"other as an insect repellent. Emu oil Emu oil is an oil derived from adipose tissue harvested from certain subspecies of the emu, ""Dromaius novaehollandiae"", a flightless bird indigenous to Australia. Unadulterated emu oil can vary widely in color and viscosity anywhere from an off-white creamy texture to a thin yellow liquid, depending on the diet of the emu and the refining method(s) used. Industrially refined ""emu grade"" emu oil is composed of a minimum of 70% unsaturated fatty acids. The largest component is oleic acid, a monounsaturated omega-9 fatty acid. Emu oil also contains roughly 20% linoleic acid (an"
"acknowledge few subspecies or none at all. The fossil record of casuariforms is interesting, but not very extensive. Regarding fossil species of ""Dromaius"" and ""Casuarius"", see their genus pages. Some Australian fossils initially believed to be from emus were recognized to represent a distinct genus, ""Emuarius"", which had a cassowary-like skull and femur and an emu-like lower leg and foot. In addition, the first fossils of mihirungs were initially believed to be from giant emus, but these birds were completely unrelated. It has been suggested that the South American genus ""Diogenornis"" was a casuraiiform bird, instead of a member of"
"of their more extensive training and experience when compared to the American personnel (for example, one US Army flying instructor assigned to the company had only 125 hours flying experience, while each RAN pilot had over 1,000 hours), Australian personnel commonly filled out leadership positions throughout the company. The collective name for the combined unit was the Experimental Military Unit, or EMU. The name was a backronym for emu, and was selected by the 135th before their deployment for being a large, fast, and highly mobile Australian bird. The designation amused Australian members of the company, because emus cannot fly."
"Southern emu-wren The southern emu-wren (""Stipiturus malachurus"") is a species of bird in the Australasian wren family, Maluridae. It is endemic to Australia. Its natural habitats are temperate forests and Mediterranean-type shrubby vegetation. The southern emu-wren is one of three species of the genus ""Stipiturus"", commonly known as emu-wrens, found across southern and central Australia. It was first characterized by naturalist George Shaw in 1798 as ""Muscicapa malachura"", after being collected in the Port Jackson (Sydney) district. Its species name is derived from the Ancient Greek ""ouros"" ""tail"". It was described as the ""soft-tailed flycatcher"", native name ""mur-re-a-nera"" when painted"
"Southern emu-wren The southern emu-wren (""Stipiturus malachurus"") is a species of bird in the Australasian wren family, Maluridae. It is endemic to Australia. Its natural habitats are temperate forests and Mediterranean-type shrubby vegetation. The southern emu-wren is one of three species of the genus ""Stipiturus"", commonly known as emu-wrens, found across southern and central Australia. It was first characterized by naturalist George Shaw in 1798 as ""Muscicapa malachura"", after being collected in the Port Jackson (Sydney) district. Its species name is derived from the Ancient Greek ""ouros"" ""tail"". It was described as the ""soft-tailed flycatcher"", native name ""mur-re-a-nera"" when painted"
"vegetation communities at the Buckaringa Sanctuary. Australian Wildlife Conservancy state that there 60 known species of birds at Buckaringa Sanctuary and 4 known mammals. Some of the bird species are the wedge-tailed eagle (""Aquila audax""), the emu (""Dromaius novaehollandiae""), the sulphur-crested cockatoo (""Cacatua galerita""), the peregrine falcon (""Falco peregrinus""), the sacred kingfisher (""Todiramphus sanctus"") and the blue-winged parrot (""Neophema chrysostoma""). The four mammal species are the western grey kangaroo (""Macropus fuliginosus""), the red kangaroo (""Macropus rufus""), the yellow-footed rock-wallaby (""Petrogale xanthopus"") and the euro (""Macropus robustus erubescens""). Buckaringa holds one of the largest colonies of the threatened yellow-footed rock-wallaby. The"