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| − | '''Emus''' are large flightless birds similar to small ostrichs. Emus are native to Australia where they eat seeds, bugs, and shrubs. | + | [[Image:emu.jpg|right]] |
| | + | '''Emus''' are large flightless [[bird]]s similar to small [[ostrich]]s. Emus are native to [[Australia]] where they eat [[seeds]], [[insects]], and [[shrub]]s. |
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| − | 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 [[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 [[Noah's Ark]] prior to the [[Great Flood]]. |
| − | Also according to creation science theories, after the Flood, emus bred from the Ark passengers then migrated 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"/> | + | 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"/> |
| − | The theory that God simply generated emus into existence there is considered by most creation researchers to be contra-Biblical. | + | The [[theory]] that [[God]] simply generated emus into existence there is considered by most creation researchers to be contra-[[Biblical]]. |
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