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Hi Gang, It’s me. Peewee! |
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I thought you would like to know a little
bit about my home,
my family and me.
There
use to be five groups in the family of Emu. But now due to hunters and feral
predators {they are predatory animals the were imported to my home continent of
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The Australian Outback |
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My
ancestors once lived in
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But now we are only free in
There are now Emu on every continent and almost in every state and
country.
In
You know what's really puzzling? All of the grain and alfalfa in
our feed comes from
Emu, like me, eat about 2 pounds a day. We eat a lot because our
digestive system is very small. It only takes four to six hours for my food to
be digested and changed into waste.
Emu have special muscles that let us run really fast. A Japanese
group of doctors studied us Emu to see why we can run very fast for a long
time. They said it is because we have that special muscle in our thigh.
Maybe that's why we are so good kicking bad things that scare us.
I remember once we had a Canadian lynx visit the Ranch. He was
trying to steal our babies.
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The Lynx |
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Boy did we surprise him! All of us adult male EMU's jumped into
the runways and into the baby's yards to protect them. That lynx had to deal
with 18 of us big birds, and he wasn't too happy doing that.
My uncle Moe chased that lynx off the ranch. In fact, Moe chased
that lynx over a mile before he stopped to eat some wild raspberries. My
friends had to go and bring Moe home. They found him by following little pieces
of the lynx. I don't think the lynx ever came back to the ranch.
Another night this big dog came to visit.
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The Timber
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He walked
in quietly and never made a sound. He came up to our fence and saw that all of
us big guys were standing there looking at him. When we stand at the fence we
stretch real tall, and fluff our feathers out. Some of us are almost 7 feet
tall when we do that. He looked at us for a minute and then just walked away
quietly. My cousin Curious said the dog was really a big timberwolf.
We have
lots of animal visitors to the ranch. Deer stop by every night. The black bear
and their babies visit a couple times a year. And we have lots of geese, ducks
and songbirds fly by. Around our houses we have special bluebird houses. And we
have whole families stay there until the weather gets cold. We also have a
strange group of birds called loons that call out at all hours of the night.
Then there are those pesky wild turkeys. I now know why they call them turkeys.
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They just
hide in the woods and cackle gobble-gobble all day long. Can you believe it?
One of the founders's of our country, Ben Franklin, wanted those noisy birds to
be our national bird, not the eagle. He must have been struck by lightning
flying those kites of his.
Almost all
of us permanent residents of the Ranch have names. Many of us are named based
upon our personalities. Curious is always watching and sticking his nose into
things. Lady walks around with a stately arched neck and looks like royalty.
Shadow will follow you around and like to make a soft drumming sound. KuKu got
her name because she is from
One thing
that I can not get use to is what they call meal times around here. At
JuJu is at
the fence talking to Moe junior again. I guess I should go and see what's going
on.
Stop back soon for more of my
stories!
I have my own e-mail address, so write me at peewee@emumagic.com and let
me know what you like.
See Ya soon!
Peewee!
Just click on the story title you want to
read.
Peewee Finds A Home
Peewee's Fall Story
Peewee's October Story
Peewee's Quiz
Peewee's Puppy Visits Minneapolis
Peewee is part of the Family of Ratites
Pictures of Peewee's Emu Family
Peewee's Crossword Puzzle-Young Kids
Peewee's Crossword Puzzle-Older Kids
Help Peewee Get Home
Peewee's Word Puzzles for Kids
Returning
Barney to the Wild
Interlinked
Pages
My Human Friends
EmuMagic Emu Oil Products
Heart
of Minnesota Emu Ranch
Heart
of Minnesota Emu Ranch Tours
Photographs courtesy of Pictures by George
@gmciii@emumagic.com and Corbis at www.corbis.com