On Walkabout » emu http://on-walkabout.com with Dobbs Wed, 08 Sep 2010 22:42:15 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Picture of the Day: Baby Emus http://on-walkabout.com/2009/10/31/picture-of-the-day-baby-emus/ http://on-walkabout.com/2009/10/31/picture-of-the-day-baby-emus/#comments Sat, 31 Oct 2009 13:13:43 +0000 http://on-walkabout.com/?p=4203

After she lays a cluster – between five and 20 – of beautiful dark green eggs, the mother emu leaves the nesting area and never returns. The chicks are reared by their father for up to two years.

Via Australian Geographic.

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