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Emus are the fourth or fifth heaviest living bird after the two species of ostrich and two larger species of cassowary, weighing slightly more on average than an emperor penguin. Adult emus weigh between 18 and 60 kg (40 and 132 lb), with an average of 31.5 and 37 kg (69 and 82 lb) in males and females, respectively. [33]
Several annual events are hosted at the lake. Annual powerboat races, known as the Lake of the Ozarks Shootout, take place at the end of every summer typically the weekend before Labor Day. [42] On the last Saturday of February of every year, the Lake of the Ozarks holds a polar bear plunge event as a fundraiser for Special Olympics in Missouri ...
The resulting reservoir, the Lake of the Ozarks, has a surface area of 55,000 acres (22,000 ha), over 1,150 miles (1,850 km) of shoreline, and stretches 94 miles (151 km) from end to end. At the time of construction, it was the largest man-made lake in United States and one of the largest in the world.
Thelma and Louise are out on the town at the same time officials work to collect the 11 remaining escaped Alpha Genesis monkeys. 'Not emu-sed': Feral and untrained emus Thelma and Louise on the ...
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.
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)
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Lake of the Ozarks State Park is a public recreation area on the Grand Glaize Arm of the Lake of the Ozarks; it is the largest state park in Missouri. [4] [ A] The park includes 85 miles (137 km) of shoreline on the lake (which has a total of 1,150 miles (1,850 km) of shoreline—mostly privately owned); two swimming beaches with imported sand, 12 trails, the Ozark Caverns, a boat launch, and ...