Emus

Yes. Emus have a number of predators and enemies, but their greatest defence is their size and speed. Man remains one of the biggest threats, together with his introduced wild dogs, mostly domestic dogs gone feral. These are the only creatures in Australia that can threaten an adult emu.

However, young emus are subject to predation by dingoes, feral cats, foxes, goannas and eagles, while lizards eat emu eggs.

Emus grow to between 160cm and 200 cm high, on average.

Emus can become very personable if they are brought up with human contact. They are curious birds, and interested in people and (basically) anything that moves. They can certainly be tame enough to approach and touch, but they will always be unpredictable.

Australia has very mild winters in most areas where emus are found, so the emu lives exactly where it does during summer. The only difference is that emus may move to where the rains are falling. Many areas of Australia experience drier winters than summers.

Emu kangaroo

Emus have feet which are perfectly adapted to a large flightless bird. They have three toes on each foot, a characteristic of all flightless birds which are built for running (except for the ostrich). This is an adaptation which enables the emu to make sudden, high speed turns when running from predators. In addition, they have long, sharp claws on each toes, which can be used for protection.

No - and you cannot ride an emu. Its body is too light to hold a human's weight.

No. During the time the male emu is incubating the eggs, he neither eats nor drinks. He does not leave the nest at all.

Of course. They are vertebrates, meaning they have an internal skeleton.

yes, solar energy can be used to make a emu eggs incubator. Last winter I experimented with 2 eggs. This year plan to hatch at least 1000 ( one thousand ) eggs in a large solar incubator, here in Gurgaon, India.

During "no sun days" it would be heated by another eco friendly , non polluting way

Even the egg moving would be done by solar electricity.

Information would be available on my website to be launched shortly, my email emuggn@yahoo.in

This sentence would be punctuated in the following way: "It's a flock of emus," stated Kien.

The drumming sound made by emus is courtship behaviour. This particular sound is made only by the female emu, and indicates she is broody and looking for a mate. Broody females can be quite aggressive, so the drumming sound may also be construed as a warning.

The emu's ears are on either side of its head. Emu ears are not easily visible, being just small holes covered by wispy feathers, amidst the blue skin on the side of their head.

See the emu ears at the related weblink below.

Emus are native to Australia. They are found throughout the Australian mainland. Emus used to be found on the Australian island-state of Tasmania, but European settlement resulted in their extinction there. Two dwarf species of emu inhabited Kangaroo Island (off the South Australian coast) and King Island (in Bass Strait) but they also became extinct.

Dogs and emus can learn to tolerate each other, as long as the dog is trained to not attack birds. Be careful with the breed of dog: some dogs which are naturally herding animals may try to herd the emus, and this sort of behaviour is unlikely to be tolerated particularly well by the emu.

No

Research does seem to support this.
In the publication "Emu Oil - A Clinical Appraisal of this Natural and Long Used Product" for use on Epithelialised Wounds by Dr G H Hobday, he concluded that emu oil had demonstrated both scar reduction and anti-inflammatory action. Emu oil hastened post-surgery healing, and the healing of burns, by reducing inflammation, minimising scarring and soothing pain. Because emu oil is sterile, it could be used in an open area of the skin." Hobday also concluded: "It reduces irritation in eczema, the scarring of keloids and has advantages in skin grafting."

Emus are native to Australia, but no longer endemic to that country. Because emu farming has taken place in other countries around the world, such as USA and even India, circumstances have resulted in emus being left to fend for themselves in the wild. The emu is quite an adaptable bird, and has readily taken to new environements, so it is certainly possible these days to see wild emus in other countries.

Not at all. In their natural habitat, emus live in grasslands and open bushland. They need a ready supply of good drinking water, whether it be creeks, rivers or waterholes, but they tend not to live in areas where there is higher rainfall.

No doubt because they are native animals to the continent.

Emus are quite clean birds.

Emus are not found naturally in Christchurch, New Zealand. Emus are native to Australia.