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)