Emu

The emu, Dromaius novaehollandiae, is a species of flightless bird endemic to Australia, the tallest native bird there and the third-tallest living bird overall after the common ostrich and Somali ostrich, reaching heights up to 1.9 meters and weighing between 18 and 60 kilograms, with soft brown feathers, a long neck and legs, and three toes on each foot. It can travel great distances and sprint at up to 48 kilometers per hour, and it is omnivorous, foraging on plants and insects and able to go for weeks without eating; it once ranged across most of the Australian mainland, though insular subspecies on Tasmania, Kangaroo Island and King Island went extinct after European settlement in 1788. Emu meat, drawn mainly from the thigh and leg muscles, is a low-fat product at under 1.5 percent fat, comparable to other lean meats.