Emu (Emu, scientific name: Dromaius novaehollandia) is the only species of the family: Dromaius novaehollandia), known for its ability to run. It is the second largest bird in the world after the African ostrich. It is also known as the Australian ostrich. Many friends who meet emus in Australia for the first time can easily think of them as ostrich. It is true that emus and ostrich look much alike, but they are not the same species. The scientific name of the ostrich is the ostrich family of the genus Struthio camelus,.
The Chinese emu is transliterated from Emu. The Chinese phonetic alphabet is "é r mi á o". Its body height is 150? 185 cm, weighs 30? 45 kg, and has a life span of 10 years. Adult females are larger than males. Emu is small like an African ostrich and belongs to the class of flat breasts. It has no keel, a short, flat mouth, gray feathers, brown or black feathers, and a long, curly covering from the neck to the sides of the body. Like an ostrich, its wings degenerated and could not fly at all. Three toes and good legs. Plumage underdeveloped, with slender pendulous feathers, secondary feathers well developed, head, neck feather, no fleshy. He has a strong body and long legs, just like his relatives. The hermaphroditism feather is brown, the head and neck dark gray, the neck naked skin is blue, the beak is gray, the wing hides under the residual feather, in the hot weather, can promote the body to cool down. The huge body is supported by two powerful gray tritoe legs. The nestling has a fluffy feather head and its body consists of brown and black striped feathers. Emus can run at speeds of up to 50 km per hour and kick people with three-toed feet when trapped.
Unlike the grumpy temper of an ostrich, emus are meek and never attack humans as long as they are not enraged, so they are also kept as pets. Emus do not pay attention to food, mainly grass for food, but also like to eat some grass butterflies and insects. In wildlife reserves, emus often improve their meals and eat the bread, sausage and biscuits that visitors feed them. When a car stops on the side of the road, the emu is unwary. Instead, it wanders around, scrambling to reach out to the window, showing intimacy and hoping that visitors can give something good to eat.
Emus live in open grasslands and semi-desert areas in mainland and Tasmania, Australia.
