Emu

The Emus HAVE MOVED to Altura Park, 477 Fullerton Rd, RD1 Te Kuiti. 3981. Altura Park is situated amongst limestone formations just 4 kms from the famous Waitomo Caves. The Park was first opened to the public in 2000. They have many different varieties of friendly birds and animals in our 20 acre wildlife park. There is loads of interaction and feeding of the animals.

http://www.alturapark.co.nz/

The Emu (Dromaius novaehollandiae) is the second biggest bird in the world. Our emu can run up to 50km per hour and each stride can be as long as 3 metres. Because they have no teeth, emus eat stones and pebbles to grind up their food. Imagine that! Listen carefully, and that drum beat you hear is probably one emu chatting to another. Emu Dads look after the eggs until they hatch and then look after the young chicks for the next two years.

They live on the grassy plains and dry, open forests of Australia eating fruit, flowers, seeds, grasses and insects and the consume large stones to grind food in their gizzards.