An Emu
January 20th, 2007, 04:34 PM
I express my deepest regrets for any confusion my name may have previously caused. For the record it is NOT an Emo.
To prevent further confusion:
:confused:What is an Emu? Inform yourself. (http://www.h2vista.net/forums/usernote.php?u=48)
Intro:
In today's fast changing world, it is easy to miss or ignore bits of information that are thrown at you. Many times you will forget where you parked or where you installed Halo Custom Edition. To help prevent more confusion in this world, this article explains what an Emu is, and what you can do to inform yourself further.
General Info:
The Emu (IPA Pronunciation: [ˈiːmjuː]), Dromaius novaehollandiae, is the largest bird native to Australia Dromaiusand the only extant member of the genus. It is also the second-largest bird in the world by height, after its relative, the ostrich. The soft-feathered, brown, flightless birds reach up to 2 m (6 ft 7 inches) in height. The Emu is common over most of mainland Australia, although it avoids heavily populated areas, dense forest and arid areas. Emus can travel great distances at a fast, economical trot and, if necessary, can sprint at 31 mph for some distance at a time. They are opportunistically nomadic and may travel long distances to find food; they feed on a variety of plants and insects.
The Emu subspecies that previously inhabited Tasmania became extinct following the European settlement of Australia in 1788; the distribution of the mainland subspecies has also been affected by human activities. Once common on the east coast, Emu are now uncommon; by contrast, the development of agriculture and the provision of water for stock in the interior of the continent have increased the range of the Emu in arid regions. Emus are farmed for their meat, oil and leather.
Emus belong to an ancient group of flightless birds known as ratites, which includes the cassowary, the kiwi, the ostrich and rhea. Ratites are one of the earliest offshoots in bird evolution so have a special place in evolutionary studies.
The Emu is common throughout much of inland Australia except for dense rainforest and areas that are waterless or highly urban.
The most likely place to see them, though, is open pastoral country. They're very inquisitive birds and are the source of many tourist stories about the swallowing of keys and bits of cameras.
In Queensland, around the Warrego and Bogan rivers, Aboriginal hunters would lure emus by climbing a tree, lowering a ball of emu feathers and rags and twirling it rapidly. The fascinated emus would gather near the tree and be speared from above. They need to be lured because there is no way to catch up with an emu. At speeds of up to 70 km/hour, emus really can "run the pants off a kangaroo".
Emus are also good swimmers. They love water and on a hot day like nothing better than a cool dip in the creek, the dam, the horse trough or even under the sprinkler.
There is an average of about 500,000 emus in the wild in Australia, but this varies highly depending on the season. Numbers can rise towards a million, and fall to about 200,000. Even then the population seems to be able to bounce back quickly, probably because the females can produce 3 clurches of eggs in good years. Emu numbers never reach the 6 millions like kangaroos. Kangaroos can time their reproduction much more precisely to fit in with the rains.
What does an Emu look like?!?!?
http://scs.web.elte.hu/Kepek/fun/emu.jpg
http://www.groupadvocacy.org.uk/_borders/emu.ht1.jpg
More Pictures! (http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&q=emu&btnG=Search+Images)
Common Mistakes:
What is the difference between an Emu and an Emo?
http://img256.imageshack.us/img256/6888/emuvsemobx4.jpg
Emo is a subgenre of hardcore punk (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hardcore_punk) music. Since its inception, emo has come to describe several independent variations, linked loosely but with common ancestry. As such, use of the term has been the subject of much debate.
In its original incarnation, the term emo was used to describe the music of the mid-1980s Washington, DC scene (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_of_Washington%2C_DC) and its associated bands. It is now ruining the music scene as a whole and infesting the world with transvestites. In later years, the term emocore, short for "emotional hardcore", was also used to describe the DC scene and some of the regional scenes that spawned from it. The term emo was derived from the fact that, on occasion, members of a band would become spontaneously and strongly emotional during performances. The most recognizable names of the period included Rites of Spring (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rites_of_Spring), Embrace (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embrace_%28U.S._band%29), One Last Wish (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_Last_Wish), Beefeater (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beefeater_%28band%29), Gray Matter (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gray_Matter_%28band%29&action=edit), Fire Party (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fire_Party), and, slightly later, Moss Icon (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moss_Icon). The first wave of emo began to fade after the breakups of most of the involved bands in the early 1990s.
Starting in the mid-1990s, the term emo began to reflect the indie scene that followed the influences of Fugazi (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fugazi_%28band%29), which itself was an offshoot of the first wave of emo. Bands including Sunny Day Real Estate (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunny_Day_Real_Estate) and Texas Is the Reason (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_Is_the_Reason) put forth a more indie rock (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indie_rock) style of emo, more melodic and less chaotic in nature than its predecessor. The so-called "indie emo" scene survived until the late 1990s, as many of the bands either disbanded or shifted to mainstream styles.
As the remaining indie emo bands entered the mainstream, newer bands began to emulate the more mainstream style, creating a style of music that has now earned the moniker emo within popular culture. Whereas, even in the past, the term emo was used to identify a wide variety of bands, the breadth of bands listed under today's emo is even more vast, leaving the term "emo" as more of a loose identifier than as a specific genre of music
An Emo has no relation to the Emu. End of story.
More reading:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emu
http://www.fsis.usda.gov/Fact_Sheets/Ratites_Emu_Ostrich_Rhea/index.asp
http://www.abc.net.au/science/scribblygum/August2000/default.htm
http://mars.ark.com/~emuzing/whatis.html (http://mars.ark.com/%7Eemuzing/whatis.html)
I will now take any questions you may have.
To prevent further confusion:
:confused:What is an Emu? Inform yourself. (http://www.h2vista.net/forums/usernote.php?u=48)
Intro:
In today's fast changing world, it is easy to miss or ignore bits of information that are thrown at you. Many times you will forget where you parked or where you installed Halo Custom Edition. To help prevent more confusion in this world, this article explains what an Emu is, and what you can do to inform yourself further.
General Info:
The Emu (IPA Pronunciation: [ˈiːmjuː]), Dromaius novaehollandiae, is the largest bird native to Australia Dromaiusand the only extant member of the genus. It is also the second-largest bird in the world by height, after its relative, the ostrich. The soft-feathered, brown, flightless birds reach up to 2 m (6 ft 7 inches) in height. The Emu is common over most of mainland Australia, although it avoids heavily populated areas, dense forest and arid areas. Emus can travel great distances at a fast, economical trot and, if necessary, can sprint at 31 mph for some distance at a time. They are opportunistically nomadic and may travel long distances to find food; they feed on a variety of plants and insects.
The Emu subspecies that previously inhabited Tasmania became extinct following the European settlement of Australia in 1788; the distribution of the mainland subspecies has also been affected by human activities. Once common on the east coast, Emu are now uncommon; by contrast, the development of agriculture and the provision of water for stock in the interior of the continent have increased the range of the Emu in arid regions. Emus are farmed for their meat, oil and leather.
Emus belong to an ancient group of flightless birds known as ratites, which includes the cassowary, the kiwi, the ostrich and rhea. Ratites are one of the earliest offshoots in bird evolution so have a special place in evolutionary studies.
The Emu is common throughout much of inland Australia except for dense rainforest and areas that are waterless or highly urban.
The most likely place to see them, though, is open pastoral country. They're very inquisitive birds and are the source of many tourist stories about the swallowing of keys and bits of cameras.
In Queensland, around the Warrego and Bogan rivers, Aboriginal hunters would lure emus by climbing a tree, lowering a ball of emu feathers and rags and twirling it rapidly. The fascinated emus would gather near the tree and be speared from above. They need to be lured because there is no way to catch up with an emu. At speeds of up to 70 km/hour, emus really can "run the pants off a kangaroo".
Emus are also good swimmers. They love water and on a hot day like nothing better than a cool dip in the creek, the dam, the horse trough or even under the sprinkler.
There is an average of about 500,000 emus in the wild in Australia, but this varies highly depending on the season. Numbers can rise towards a million, and fall to about 200,000. Even then the population seems to be able to bounce back quickly, probably because the females can produce 3 clurches of eggs in good years. Emu numbers never reach the 6 millions like kangaroos. Kangaroos can time their reproduction much more precisely to fit in with the rains.
What does an Emu look like?!?!?
http://scs.web.elte.hu/Kepek/fun/emu.jpg
http://www.groupadvocacy.org.uk/_borders/emu.ht1.jpg
More Pictures! (http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&q=emu&btnG=Search+Images)
Common Mistakes:
What is the difference between an Emu and an Emo?
http://img256.imageshack.us/img256/6888/emuvsemobx4.jpg
Emo is a subgenre of hardcore punk (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hardcore_punk) music. Since its inception, emo has come to describe several independent variations, linked loosely but with common ancestry. As such, use of the term has been the subject of much debate.
In its original incarnation, the term emo was used to describe the music of the mid-1980s Washington, DC scene (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_of_Washington%2C_DC) and its associated bands. It is now ruining the music scene as a whole and infesting the world with transvestites. In later years, the term emocore, short for "emotional hardcore", was also used to describe the DC scene and some of the regional scenes that spawned from it. The term emo was derived from the fact that, on occasion, members of a band would become spontaneously and strongly emotional during performances. The most recognizable names of the period included Rites of Spring (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rites_of_Spring), Embrace (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embrace_%28U.S._band%29), One Last Wish (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_Last_Wish), Beefeater (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beefeater_%28band%29), Gray Matter (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gray_Matter_%28band%29&action=edit), Fire Party (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fire_Party), and, slightly later, Moss Icon (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moss_Icon). The first wave of emo began to fade after the breakups of most of the involved bands in the early 1990s.
Starting in the mid-1990s, the term emo began to reflect the indie scene that followed the influences of Fugazi (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fugazi_%28band%29), which itself was an offshoot of the first wave of emo. Bands including Sunny Day Real Estate (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunny_Day_Real_Estate) and Texas Is the Reason (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_Is_the_Reason) put forth a more indie rock (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indie_rock) style of emo, more melodic and less chaotic in nature than its predecessor. The so-called "indie emo" scene survived until the late 1990s, as many of the bands either disbanded or shifted to mainstream styles.
As the remaining indie emo bands entered the mainstream, newer bands began to emulate the more mainstream style, creating a style of music that has now earned the moniker emo within popular culture. Whereas, even in the past, the term emo was used to identify a wide variety of bands, the breadth of bands listed under today's emo is even more vast, leaving the term "emo" as more of a loose identifier than as a specific genre of music
An Emo has no relation to the Emu. End of story.
More reading:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emu
http://www.fsis.usda.gov/Fact_Sheets/Ratites_Emu_Ostrich_Rhea/index.asp
http://www.abc.net.au/science/scribblygum/August2000/default.htm
http://mars.ark.com/~emuzing/whatis.html (http://mars.ark.com/%7Eemuzing/whatis.html)
I will now take any questions you may have.