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Custom Search Home Add to Favorites    Help    Write Us Animal Profiles Emu Bird. The emu is Australias largest bird, standing about 2 meters (6 feet) tall, and weighing up to 54 kg (120 lb). Emus cannot fly but they are fast runners - up to 48 km (30 mi) per hour. Surprisingly,

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The emu (Dromaius novaehollandiae) is the second-largest living bird by height, after its ratite relative, the ostrich . It is endemic to Australia where it is the largest native bird and the only extant member of the genus Dromaius . The emus range covers most of mainland Australia, but the Tasmanian emu and King Isla