Aussie Emus.....how many can YOU see ?

[35whelen]

Emus are a large flightless bird that stand around 6 feet tall. They are quite common in AU and are found from the dryest deserts to our heavily timbered mountain country.

There's a fair mess of them in this S600 TC shot. How many can you see ? Look carefully now as some are not whole birds...the answer lies somewhere between 1 and 20. I'll give you a few days and then post the same image with a number overlay showing all the birds....have fun & cheers from Down Under.

35Whelen

[tbass]

I only see 14. Can you eat those like you can an ostrich? They look closely related.

[johnnydeerhunter]

I'll guess 17. I have eaten emu but I'm sure it was farm raised and tastes nothing like the wild ones. It was good and red meat if I remember correctly.

[35whelen]

Tony....B-I-G drumsticks eh ? Emu meat is available in the supermarkets here and there is a small export market for the meat & other products too. But this is all from farm-grown birds as the are totally protected in the wild. Never tried it myself but apparently is OK...a lean red meat that you probably wouldn't pick as being from a big bird like that. Like most of the exotic meats (vension, emu, 'roo, croc) it's pretty expensive and dearer than a good steak. Their eggs are collected a bit it the wild (illegal too of course) and they make great big omelets and cakes.....or so I'm told....LOL !! Cheers

35Whelen

[jjkscf]

I got 15 I think LOL

[35whelen]

Fellas.....I reckon that there are 16 birds in that image....but a few guys think 17 with that foot seen below bird 8 but I think that belongs to bird 6...maybe ? So 16...or possibly17....but either way that's a whole mess of feather dusters !

We've got a popular country song down here called "Old Man Emu"....one of the lines is : "He can't fly...but I'm tellin' you....he can run the pants off a kangaroo !". An interesting bird which by the sounds of it also may be here and there in the States as well. Cheers from Down Under

35Whelen