What is the difference between an emu and an ostrich?

Answer 1

• Emus are native to Australia, whilst ostriches are found in Africa.
• Emus have darker colouring, with dark brown, grey and black fine feathers. Ostriches have thicker and lighter plumage.
• An ostrich is bigger than an emu. An emu weighs between 66 and 99 pounds (30-45kg). An ostrich weighs about 300 pounds.
• The ostrich is faster and is, in fact, the world's fastest two-legged animal. An ostrich can sprint at 65 Kilometres per hour (40 miles per hour) and an emu can sprint at 50 kph, or 30 mph.
• Ostriches are unusual among the ratites (Flightless Birds) as they have only two toes on each foot. Emus and other ratites have three toes.

Answer 2

The essential difference is that a giraffe is a mammal and an emu is a bird. This means the following physiological and behavioral differences:

• a giraffe bears live young and suckles its young but an emu lays eggs
• a giraffe has short fur whereas an emu has fine feathers
• a giraffe lives in Africa whereas an emu is endemic to Australia

Similarities include:

• they are both vertebrates
• they both breathe through lungs, not gills
• they are both warm blooded
• they are both terrestrial, and neither can fly

Answer 3

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