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Emu or Ostrich
Jope
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How do you tell?
My mother insists that this is an ostrich, but I'm relatively certain it's an emu. The picture comes up on google images when searching both "emu" and "ostrich", so I'm at a loss here.
My mother insists that this is an ostrich, but I'm relatively certain it's an emu. The picture comes up on google images when searching both "emu" and "ostrich", so I'm at a loss here.
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It's also the third result for "ostrich."
I'm hoping you'll look back at my OP and then feel kinda dumb
Looking at wikipedia:
Emu Head
Ostrich head
I'd guess it's an Ostrich with the top of the head looking flatter then an Emu. But I'm no ornithologist (IANAO?), so it's just a guess on my part.
I think.
Even if you go by those two pictures, almost everything matches up between the emu and the OP image - eye colour, eye placement, beak and nostril shape/position, colouration, amount of feathers...
Of course, being Australian, I took one look at the OP image and saw an emu.
yeah, but
it's the first result for emu and third for ostrich
Ostrich
Emu
Looking at the wikisource images for emus, I would lay excellent money down on that not being an emu.
It's from the National Geographic website, and the photo caption says it's a closeup of an Emu's head.
It also says the shot was taken from My Shot, which is all user submitted captions and photos.
Also emus seem to have a more sloped upper beak whereas ostriches tend to have flatter, sketchier, shiftier beaks. OP pic looks pretty sleak and trustworthy.
that's an emu, i'd just suggest it's a juvenile one
op is an emu also
Thread over.
also it's not pronounced ee-moo. it's eem-yew
It's an emu. Look at the crest along the ridge of the beak. Emu's have that crest, while ostriches have a flatter beak.
Actually no, I think its an Emu
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They are basically living velociraptors.
Also, the OP image looks a lot like an emu to me.
Birds evolved from dinosaurs (theropods) so, that would make sense.
That's why I don't really trust birds.
But the cassowary probably came about when the velociraptors were like "you know, I don't think I like where this whole evolution thing is headed. Being a velociraptor is pretty sweet, so let's just go ahead and stop"
damnit, now I want some baby emus.
Although if you go to the Australian West Coast, it's closer to "aimew."
Raise your arms and expose your soft midsection is more like it. This defense article was clearly written BY cassowaries to make us vulnerable!
And also if you had a better view by the size of the bird, obviously.
Particularly if you get a look at their brutal toe claw designed to murder humans
I pronounce it as "lunch".
Everything in Australia is designed to kill anything else on the planet within 10 seconds. It's just the rule down there.
Its an Emu.