Burt and Ernie - Emus

Burt and Ernie are Emus, the Australian equivalent of the African Ostrich. Emus are farmed for their eggs, their meat and the oil from their feathers, which is used as an arthritis treatment. The oil is milked off of the feathers, the birds aren't harmed to harvest it. I have no idea which bird is which, so I'm just going to post a bunch of pictures of both of them.

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Burt and Ernie - Emus
Interesting hair-do 		Burt and Ernie - Emus Burt and Ernie - Emus
There really are two of them.
Burt and Ernie - Emus
They can see where they've been 		Burt and Ernie - Emus
Sorry about the blurry picture - they have
really cool feet. Emus can run 45
kilometers per hour. 		Burt and Ernie - Emus
Burt and Ernie - Emus
They have oily feathers that look like hair 		Burt and Ernie - Emus
Their eyes are bigger than their brains. Really! 		Burt and Ernie - Emus

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