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  2. Emu - Wikipedia

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    Emus begin to settle down at sunset and sleep during the night. They do not sleep continuously but rouse themselves several times during the night. When falling asleep, emus first squat on their tarsi and enter a drowsy state during which they are alert enough to react to stimuli and quickly return to a fully awakened state if disturbed.

  3. Crepuscular animal - Wikipedia

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    In zoology, a crepuscular animal is one that is active primarily during the twilight period, [1] being matutinal, vespertine/vespertinal, or both. This is distinguished from diurnal and nocturnal behavior, where an animal is active during the hours of daytime and of night, respectively.

  4. Sleep in animals - Wikipedia

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    Sleep can follow a physiological or behavioral definition. In the physiological sense, sleep is a state characterized by reversible unconsciousness, special brainwave patterns, sporadic eye movement, loss of muscle tone (possibly with some exceptions; see below regarding the sleep of birds and of aquatic mammals), and a compensatory increase following deprivation of the state, this last known ...

  5. 'Not emu-sed': Feral and untrained emus Thelma and Louise on ...

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    The runaway emus, named Thelma and Louise, escaped from their home in Loris, a city about 100 miles northeast of Charleston about three months ago, owner Sam Morace told CBS News on Friday. Thelma ...

  6. First monkeys, now "feral" emus on the loose in South Carolina

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    But if the emus were that easy to catch they would be home already." The large, flightless creatures are the second-largest living bird, with an average height of more than 5 1/2 feet.

  7. Emus escape enclosure in South Carolina a week after dozens ...

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    Two large emus on the loose in South Carolina ruffled the feathers of locals a week after dozens of monkeys escaped from a research facility in the Palmetto State.

  8. Casuariiformes - Wikipedia

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    Some Australian fossils initially believed to be from emus were recognized to represent a distinct genus, Emuarius, [a] which had a cassowary-like skull and femur and an emu-like lower leg and foot. In addition, the first fossils of mihirungs were initially believed to be from giant emus, [b] but these birds were completely unrelated.

  9. It’s a jungle out there! Multiple emus on the loose in South ...

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    Reports of two large emus running riot in the city of Loris, in Horry County, SC, followed an incident last week when 43 monkeys escaped an Alpha Genesis facility in Beaufort County, ...