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1. Emu

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   The Emu belongs to the Palaeognathae, the group containing flightless birds such as ostriches and rheas. Genetic analysis suggests that the Emu lineage diverged from its closest living relatives approximately 25 million years ago. Fossil records indicate that ancestral emu forms were significantly smaller, possessing rudimentary wing structures capable of short, rapid bursts of aerial locomotion, which is hypothesized to have been used primarily for startling predators [2].
   While currently recognized as a single species, early ornithological accounts sometimes delineated regional subspecies …