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== Origins ==

== Origins ==

According to the [[origins theory]] model used by [[creation science | creation scientists]], emus, like all flightless, non-[[aquatic]] birds, originated in the [[Middle East]] and are the descendants of the two emus that were taken [[Aboard (shipping)|aboard]] [[Noah's Ark]] prior to the [[Great Flood]].

According to the [[origins theory]] model used by [[creation science|creation scientists]], emus, like all flightless, non-[[aquatic]] birds, originated in the [[Middle East]] and are the descendants of the two emus that were taken [[Aboard (shipping)|aboard]] [[Noah's Ark]] prior to the [[Great Flood]].

Also according to creation science theories, after the Flood, emus bred from the Ark passengers then [[migrate]]d to Australia.

Also according to creation science theories, after the Flood, emus bred from the Ark passengers then [[migrate]]d to Australia.

There is debate whether this migration happened over land<ref name="ag1">[http://www.answersingenesis.org/home/area/faq/migration.asp "How did animals get from the Ark to places such as Australia"], Answers In Genesis</ref> as it is thought that Australia was still for a time after the Flood connected to the Middle East before the supercontinent of [[Pangea]] broke apart<ref>[http://www.apologeticspress.org/articles/2808 "Pangea and the Flood"], Apologetics Press</ref> or if they [[rafting (ecology) | rafted]] on mats of vegetation torn up by the receding flood waters.<ref name="ag1"/>

There is debate whether this migration happened over land<ref name="ag1">[http://www.answersingenesis.org/home/area/faq/migration.asp "How did animals get from the Ark to places such as Australia"], Answers In Genesis</ref> as it is thought that Australia was still for a time after the Flood connected to the Middle East before the supercontinent of [[Pangea]] broke apart<ref>[http://www.apologeticspress.org/articles/2808 "Pangea and the Flood"], Apologetics Press</ref> or if they [[rafting (ecology)|rafted]] on mats of vegetation torn up by the receding flood waters.<ref name="ag1"/>

The [[theory]] that [[God]] simply generated emus into existence is considered by most creation researchers to be contra-[[Bible|Biblical]].

The [[theory]] that [[God]] simply generated emus into existence is considered by most creation researchers to be contra-[[Bible|Biblical]].