Emu Egg - Dromaius novaehollandiae - 310 mm - 90 mm - 90 mm- Non-CITES species - (1)

Very beautiful green emu egg on
Black stand with gold-colored detail. Unique specimen.

Beautiful green blown emu egg on a black metal stand with a golden top.

Origin: Australia
Color: green, black, gold
Height: approx. 310 mm (including 130 mm)
Average approximately 90 mm
Weight: 124 g

Minimum price 79.00 euros
Shipping costs to be paid by the buyer, and always at your own risk.

The emu is a bird from the genus Dromaius and the family Casuariidae. This flightless bird is the second-largest living bird species after the ostrich and the largest in Australia. The bird inhabits most areas of the continent, except for densely populated regions, heavily forested areas, or deserts.

The bird is 1.5 to 2 meters tall and weighs up to 60 kg. The male is usually somewhat smaller.

Emoes are nomadic birds. They chase the rain in search of seeds, flowers, fruit, buds, shoots, insects, and caterpillars. Emoes can cover large distances at a swift, economical trot, but if necessary, they can reach speeds of 50 km/h for short periods.

Emoes mostly live alone. They sometimes gather in large troops, but this is more because the stored food brings them together.

The bird mates in the middle of summer and breeds in the cooler months. It maintains a territory that can be about 30 km². As the days start to shorten, the male undergoes hormonal changes, loses his appetite, and begins building a rough nest from tree bark, twigs, grass, and leaves. Roughly every other day, the female lays a large, thick-shelled green egg that can weigh up to half a kilogram. After about seven eggs, the male becomes broody and for the next eight weeks, he eats, drinks, and defecates not at all. He only gets up about ten times a day to turn the eggs. When the eggs hatch, he has lost a third of his weight. By then, the female has long since run off with other males.

Despite all paternal concerns, monitor lizards often still manage to steal eggs, but on average, four out of seven chicks reach adulthood. The chicks are nestlings; they are about 25 cm tall, have brown stripes, and the father still leads them around for half a year to protect them and teach them how to survive. He often also adopts other young. The chicks grow quickly, up to a kilo per week, and after a little over a year, they are mature. In the wild, emus live about ten years, but in captivity, they can reach more than twice that age.