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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.
'''Emus''' are large flightless birds similar to small ostrichs. Emus are native to Australia where they eat seeds, bugs, and shrubs.
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"/>
The theory that God simply generated emus into existence there is considered by most creation researchers to be contra-Biblical.
[[Category:Birds]]
[[Category:Birds]]