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Description:
The emu is Australia's largest bird. Standing at 2m tall it has a flat breast bone instead of the usual keel-like bone which supports the wing muscles of flying birds. The females is slightly larger than the male, who will lose 5 to 10kg during his long sit on the hatching eggs. the feathers are greyish-brown in colour and have a rough hair-like texture. There is a bare patch of blue skin on the side of the head and down the throat. |
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