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“Genyornis was two meters tall and 200 kilos. We don’t know exactly what it would have looked like because it’s been dead for a while and there are few skeletal remains available. It was certainly a flightless bird with some characteristics shared with ostriches, like the big chest and small wings, but it would have looked more like a big goose or duck,” The evidence that humans were eating these large eggs comes from burnt eggshells found among the remains of ancient cultures. Scientists studying these sites find two different types of eggshells, one of which comes from emus and...

An outback Australia watering hole has barred the big birds from the premises following a series of flaps, according to reports. ...But as they grew older, they began climbing the steps into the pub and wreaking more havoc than any over-served patron by stealing customers’ food, drinks and car keys — and relieving themselves inside. The solution was to erect ropes in front of the joint’s doors, along with signs reading, “Emus have been banned from this establishment for bad behaviour. Please let yourself in through the emu barrier and then reconnect please!”

By ABC-7 Reporter Abe Lubetkin EL PASO, Texas - An emu on the loose ruffled the feathers of some morning commuters Tuesday morning on I-10 and Horizon. At 6:45 a.m., drivers originally reported an ostrich on the roadway. Emus look similar to ostriches but they're smaller. El Paso County Sheriff's Deputies on the scene tried to contain the emu but they say the bird attacked a deputy, ripping off a part of his pants. Deputies then worked with people passing by to subdue the bird. The emu died as deputies were transporting it to an animal control center. This incident...