EMUS
Bird      -      Vertebrate    -     Omnivore
Male  ………………………….  Cock
Female  ……………………….  Hen
Young  ………………………..  Chicks
  • Are Australia's largest bird - similar to an Ostrich, but smaller
  • Are a member of a group of flightless birds known as Ratites.
  • Ratites include Kiwis, Ostriches, Cassowaries and Rheas.
  • Stands about 6ft tall
  • Females are usually larger than the males
  • Are fast runners - about 30 miles an hour
  • Run fast after rain clouds in the hope of water
  • Cannot fly
  • Cannot walk backwards
  • Are very powerful swimmers
  • Can go without food for long periods of time
  • Have good eyesight and hearing
  • Have long necks and two sets of eyelids
  • Have three toes on each foot
  • Have the strongest legs among the animal kingdom
  • Can defend themselves with a tremendously powerful forward kick
  • Eat caterpillars, grasshoppers, flowers, fruit, seeds, burrs, lizards and small rodents 
  • Swallow pebbles to grind the food in their gizzards
  • Live in woods, scrublands, grasslands and desert areas
  • Main threats are eagles, dingoes, dogs, cats, hawks and humans
  • The males incubate the eggs, generally
  • Eggs hatch after about 8 weeks
  • Lizards like to eat their eggs
  • Live for 10+ years in the wild

COLLECTIVE NOUN
  • A mob of emus