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Stalking emu, c. 1885, attributed to Tommy McRae Aboriginal emu caller, used to arouse the curiosity of emus 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.
The Kangaroo Island emu or dwarf emu [2] (Dromaius novaehollandiae baudinianus) is an extinct subspecies of emu. It was restricted to Kangaroo Island, South Australia, which was known as Ile Decrés by the members of the Baudin expedition. It differed from the mainland emu mainly in its smaller size. The species became extinct by about 1827.
The Tasmanian emu had not progressed to the point where it could be considered a distinct species and even its status as a distinct subspecies is not universally accepted, as it agreed with the mainland birds in measurements and the external characters used to distinguish it – a whitish instead of a black foreneck and throat and an unfeathered neck – apparently are also present, albeit ...
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The emus of King Island were first recorded by Europeans when a party from the British ship Lady Nelson, led by the Scottish explorer John Murray, visited the island in January 1802. Murray noted on 12 January that "they found feathers of emus and a dead one", but some days later they found "woods full of kangaroo, emus, badgers, etc.", and one ...
The emus' owner, Sam Morace, addressed the recent emu sightings in a Nov. 12 Facebook post on a local group page, confirming there are two emus and noting that they "got loose 3 months ago."
“First monkeys and now an emu! SC may be the new Florida!" Emus escape enclosure in South Carolina a week after dozens of monkeys flee research facility: ‘SC may be the new Florida!’
Emu: 439,000,000 Isotropic fractionator Pallium (DVR) Dromaius novaehollandiae [47] West Highland White Terrier: 440,160,000 Isotropic fractionator Pallium (cortex) Canis lupus familiaris [54] Three-striped night monkey: 442,000,000 ± 111,310,000 [43] Isotropic fractionator Pallium (cortex) Aotus trivirgatus [1] Saker falcon: 442,946,000 ...