Emu chicks can be heard whistling through their shells...
emu chicks were incubated for 51 days in this GQF Sportsman Incubator
song birds and chickens can be heard in the distance... the baby emus are silent
these emu chicks are still in their striped phase.. note the stripes extend over their heads....
slow motion footage catches their interesting stride...
notice that they now are in the Black Head Phase... no more stripes extending up the neck
dropping to the ground, or jumping in the air, allows the emu to lash out with their powerful feet and sharp toe nails
this display looks "cute" now, but as adults they can cause profound injury with these movememts!
all stripes have been replaced by this drab coloration.... still have the black heads....
now shown as fully mature adults.. notice the blue faces adn prominent black stripe down the back of their heads...
this famale is displaying... strutting
thunder and rain coming down....
famales like this one, have a large pouch at the base of the neck... they inflate it and resonate a low sound that can be heard a mile away....
note the spots on this female's feathering...and the prominent pouch.
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