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Once common on the east coast of Australia, emus are now uncommon there; by contrast, the development of agriculture and the provision of water for stock in the interior of the continent have increased the range of the emu in arid regions. Emus live in various habitats across Australia both inland and near the coast.
Ostriches are the fastest running birds in the world and emus have been documented running 50 km/h. [8] At these high speeds, wings are necessary for balance and serving as a parachute apparatus to help the bird slow down. Wings are hypothesized to have played a role in sexual selection in early ancestral ratites and were thus maintained. This ...
A man said his two emus were on the loose in Loris, South Carolina and needed to be tranquilized so that they can be returned home (Getty Images/iStockphoto)
Thelma and Louise are out on the town at the same time officials work to collect the 11 remaining escaped Alpha Genesis monkeys.
The emus in Van Diemen's Land probably needed fertile and sheltered lands for reproduction on a scale that would maintain their population. The process of farmers taking over, clearing and enclosing stretches of land could have had a detrimental impact on emu populations by limiting the amount of land available for the emu to flourish.
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“First monkeys and now an emu! SC may be the new Florida!"
Japanese macaques can survive in cold temperatures of below −15°C (5°F), and are among very few primates that can do so. Chionophiles are any organisms ( animals , plants , fungi , etc.) that can thrive in cold winter conditions (the word is derived from the Greek word chion meaning " snow ", and -phile meaning "lover").