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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]] [[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"/> | ||
Revision as of 18:43, March 13, 2008
| Emu | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom Information | |
| Kingdom | Animalia |
| Phylum Information | |
| Phylum | Chordata |
| Class Information | |
| Class | Aves |
| Order Information | |
| Order | Struthioniformes |
| Family Information | |
| Family | Casuariidae |
| Genus Information | |
| Genus | Dromaius |
| Species Information | |
| Species | D. novaehollandiae |
| Population statistics | |
Emus are large flightless birds similar to small ostrichs. Emus are native to Australia where they eat seeds, insects, and shrubs.
Origins
According to the origins theory model used by 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[1] -- 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[2] -- or if they rafted on mats of vegetation torn up by the receding flood waters.[1] The theory that God simply generated emus into existence there is considered by most creation researchers to be contra-Biblical.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "How did animals get from the Ark to places such as Australia", Answers In Genesis
- ↑ "Pangea and the Flood", Apologetics Press