Behind the beautiful statues in
colorful attires that you see in my previous post, there were a dozen emus
waiting for us inside an enclosed chain-link fence. The second largest living
birds by height, after its ratite relative, the ostrich, were seen too curious
watching at us and the way they raise their heads and peep out from the fence
was funnier. Usually it was we; the
manner (to peek) in getting a clear picture out of hindrance, but the emus copy
with the attitude was really amusing.
The soft feathered, brown,
flightless emus are protected inside a chain-link fence connected with rusted
poles. Though it wasn’t inviting and anyone could give a miss to the birds if
not observed due to the abandoned park setting around. It was really good to
see more emus than the couple of ones we saw in Javadu hills, and they stare
at us with great intense and pointed beak could scare anyone.
Emus can reach up to 6.2 ft in
height, and travel great distances and run at a speed of 50km/h if necessary.
Interesting to note, emus drink infrequently but take in copious amounts of
water when the opportunity arises and they forage on variety of plants and
insects and also go for weeks without eating. (source wiki)
aren't they cool! :)
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I didn't know much details about emu birds. thanks for sharing, Jeevan!
ReplyDeleteThey are a big bird...I would not want one to be mad at me and be in the same place.
ReplyDeleteHello Jeevan, pity these beautiful birds spend their lives behind wire.....but at least they are protected and have enough to eat! I like what you say about life and nature.
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This is interesting to know that emus could reach the height of 6 feet and run so fast.
ReplyDeleteI had never seen them before. Do the people eat and cook the meat?
Lovely to see them. Have a wonderful weekend.
ReplyDeleteHello!:) They are curious large birds. I didn't realize they good run so fast,..thank you for the information, and have a good weekend.
ReplyDeleteTwilingt Man - Actually emus were introduced into our country for poultry purpose and many companies were opened in Tamil Nadu to promote this industry and many farmland owners invested at these companies in setting up emu farms, but that didn’t went fair and almost companies where shutdown due to defraud complain and many people lost their price... It is believed emu meats are fat-less. I have seen emus caged at some places just for attraction and couple of them were restaurants.
ReplyDeleteHello Jeevan, the emu are cool birds. I did not know they could go weeks without eating. Thanks for the info, great shots. Thank you for linking up and sharing your post. Have a happy weekend!
ReplyDeleteThey could go for weeks without eating? That makes me think, for our size, perhaps three meals a day is overeating? :P I saw ostriches recently at Vandaloor. How huge they are!
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Wonderfully informative post on the Emu bird.
ReplyDeleteGreat learning about the emus...they definitely are a curious bunch! :-)
ReplyDeleteGreat post and the emus are adorable ~ fun shots!
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Yes I have seen these farms, a little sad story though.
ReplyDeleteI forget how big emus are until I see them in person. Great pictures, Jeevan.
ReplyDeleteGreat read ,and beautiful pictures Jeevan.
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