Editing Emu (section)

== Relationship with humans ==
[[File:Stalking emu, ca. 1885, attributed to Tommy McRae.jpg|thumb|Stalking emu, {{Circa|1885}}, attributed to Tommy McRae]]
[[File:Emu caller.jpg|thumb|Aboriginal emu caller, used to arouse the curiosity of emus]]

Emus were used as a source of food by indigenous Australians and early European settlers. Emus are inquisitive birds and have been known to approach humans if they see unexpected movement of a limb or piece of clothing. In the wild, they may follow and observe people.<ref name=e15 /> Aboriginal Australians used a variety of techniques to catch the birds, including spearing them while they drank at waterholes, catching them in nets, and attracting them by imitating their calls or by arousing their curiosity with a ball of feathers and rags dangled from a tree.<ref name="Reader's Digest" /> The pitchuri thornapple (''[[Duboisia hopwoodii]]''), or some similar poisonous plant, could be used to contaminate a waterhole, after which the disoriented emus were easy to catch. Another stratagem was for the hunter to use a skin as a disguise, and the birds could be lured into a camouflaged pit trap using rags or imitation calls. Aboriginal Australians only killed emus out of necessity, and frowned on anyone who hunted them for any other reason. Every part of the carcass had some use; the fat was harvested for its valuable, multiple-use oil, the bones were shaped into knives and tools, the feathers were used for body adornment and the tendons substituted for string.<ref name=e63>Eastman, p. 63.</ref>

The early European settlers killed emus to provide food and used their fat for fuelling lamps.<ref name=e63 /> They also tried to prevent them from interfering with farming or invading settlements in search of water during drought. An extreme example of this was the [[Emu War]] in Western Australia in 1932. Emus flocked to the [[Chandler, Western Australia|Chandler]] and [[Walgoolan, Western Australia|Walgoolan]] area during a dry spell, damaging rabbit fencing and devastating crops. An attempt to drive them off was mounted, with the army called in to dispatch them with machine guns; the emus largely avoided the hunters.<ref name=e63 /><ref>{{Cite news| url = http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article4509731 | title = "Emu War" defended | work = [[The Argus (Australia)|The Argus]] | date = 19 November 1932 | page = 22 |access-date= 19 July 2015}}</ref> Emus are large, powerful birds, and their legs are among the strongest of any animal and powerful enough to tear down metal fencing.<ref name=e9 /> The birds are very defensive of their young, and there have been two documented cases of humans being attacked by emus.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article10334173 |title=Attacked by an emu |page=8 |work=[[The Argus (Melbourne)|The Argus]] |date= 10 August 1904 |access-date=15 July 2015 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article8920003 |title=Victoria |page=2 |work=[[The Mercury (Hobart)|The Mercury]] |date=24 March 1873 |access-date=15 July 2015 }}</ref>

=== Economic value ===
In the areas in which it was [[Endemism|endemic]], the emu was an important source of meat to [[Aboriginal Australians]]. They used the fat as [[bush medicine]] and rubbed it into their skin. It served as a valuable [[lubricant]], was used to oil wooden tools and [[Kitchen utensil|utensils]] such as the [[Coolamon (vessel)|coolamon]], and was mixed with [[ochre]] to make the traditional paint for ceremonial body [[adornment]].<ref>Eastman, pp. 62–64.</ref> Their eggs were also foraged for food.<ref>Clarke, P. A. (2018). Aboriginal foraging practices and crafts involving birds in the post-European period of the Lower Murray, South Australia. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia, 142(1), 1–26. {{doi|10.1080/03721426.2017.1415588}}</ref>

An example of how the emu was cooked comes from the [[Arrernte people|Arrernte]] of Central Australia who called it ''Kere ankerre'':

{{Blockquote|Emus are around all the time, in green times and dry times. You pluck the feathers out first, then pull out the crop from the stomach, and put in the feathers you've pulled out, and then singe it on the fire. You wrap the milk guts that you've pulled out into something [such as] gum leaves and cook them. When you've got the fat off, you cut the meat up and cook it on fire made from [[Eucalyptus camaldulensis|river red gum]] wood.<ref>{{cite book |author=Turner, Margaret–Mary |title=Arrernte Foods: Foods from Central Australia |publisher=IAD Press |location=Alice Springs, Northern Territory |year=1994 |isbn=978-0-949659-76-7 |page=47}}</ref>}}

[[File:Feeding farmed Emu.jpg|thumb|alt=Farmed emu|Farmed emu being grain fed]]

The birds were a food and fuel source for early European settlers, and are now farmed, in Australia and elsewhere, for their meat, [[Emu oil|oil]] and leather. Commercial emu farming started in Western Australia around 1970.<ref>{{cite book |title=Commercial emu raising : using cool climate forage based production systems : a report for the Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation |last=Nicholls |first=Jason |year=1998 |publisher=Barton, A.C.T. : Rural Industries Research and Development Corp. |isbn=978-0-642-57869-3 |url=https://rirdc.infoservices.com.au/items/98-147 |access-date=15 July 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150715170915/https://rirdc.infoservices.com.au/items/98-147 |archive-date=15 July 2015 |url-status=dead}}</ref> The commercial industry in the country is based on stock bred in captivity, and all states except Tasmania have licensing requirements to protect wild emus. Outside Australia, emus are farmed on a large scale in North America, with about 1&nbsp;million birds in the US,<ref name="USDA">{{cite web|url=http://www.fsis.usda.gov/wps/portal/fsis/topics/food-safety-education/get-answers/food-safety-fact-sheets/poultry-preparation/ratites-emu-ostrich-and-rhea/CT_Index |title=Ratites (Emu, Ostrich, and Rhea) |publisher=United States Department of Agriculture |date= 2 August 2013 |access-date=15 July 2015}}</ref> Peru, and China, and to a lesser extent in some other countries. Emus breed well in captivity, and are kept in large open pens to avoid the leg and digestive problems that arise from inactivity. They are typically fed on grain supplemented by grazing, and are slaughtered at 15 to 18&nbsp;months.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/poulsci/tech_manuals/emu.html |title=Commercial Emu Production |author=Davis, Gary S. |date=29 May 2007 |publisher=North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service |access-date=30 July 2015}}</ref>

The [[Salem district]] administration in India advised farmers in 2012 not to invest in the emu business which was being heavily promoted at the time; further investigation was needed to assess the profitability of farming the birds in India.<ref>{{cite news |title=Don't invest in Emu farms, say Salem authorities |author=Saravanan, L. |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/Dont-invest-in-Emu-farms-say-Salem-authorities/articleshow/12763999.cms?referral=PM |newspaper=The Times of India |date=21 April 2012}}</ref> In the United States, it was reported in 2013 that many ranchers had left the emu business; it was estimated that the number of growers had dropped from over five thousand in 1998 to one or two thousand in 2013. The remaining growers increasingly rely on sales of oil for their profit, although, leather, eggs, and meat are also sold.<ref name=NYT02713>{{cite news|title=Ranchers find hope in flightless bird's fat |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/08/us/emu-oil-aids-the-survival-of-an-unusual-industry.html |access-date=8 February 2013 |newspaper=The New York Times |date=7 February 2013 |author=Robbins, Jim}}</ref>

[[File:Baudin emus.jpg|thumb|right|1807 plate showing now extinct island emus taken to France for breeding purposes in 1804]]

Emus are farmed primarily for their meat, leather, feathers and oil, and 95% of the carcass can be used.<ref name="USDA"/> Emu meat is a low-fat product (less than 1.5% fat), and is comparable to other lean meats. Most of the usable portions (the best cuts come from the thigh and the larger muscles of the drum or lower leg) are, like other [[poultry]], dark meat; emu meat is considered for cooking purposes by the US [[Food and Drug Administration]] to be a [[red meat]] because its red colour and [[pH]] value approximate that of beef,<ref name="USDA" /> but for inspection purposes it is considered to be poultry.
Emu fat is rendered to produce oil for cosmetics, [[dietary supplement]]s, and therapeutic products.<ref name=h1276>{{cite journal|doi=10.1071/EA08139|journal=Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture |year=2008 |volume=48 |pages= 1276–1279 |title=Can emu oil ameliorate inflammatory disorders affecting the gastrointestinal system? |author1=Howarth, Gordon S. |author2=Lindsay, Ruth J. |author3=Butler, Ross N. |author4=Geier, Mark S. |issue=10}}</ref> The oil is obtained from the subcutaneous and retroperitoneal fat; the macerated adipose tissue is heated and the liquefied fat is filtered to get a clear oil.<ref name=h1276 /> This consists mainly of [[fatty acid]]s of which [[oleic acid]] (42%), [[linoleic acid|linoleic]] and [[palmitic acid]]s (21% each) are the most prominent components.<ref name=h1276 /> It also contains various [[anti-oxidant]]s, notably [[carotenoid]]s and [[flavones]].<ref name=h1276 />

There is some evidence that the oil has [[anti-inflammatory]] properties;<ref name=yog /> however, there have not yet been extensive tests,<ref name=h1276 /> and the USDA regards pure emu oil as an unapproved drug and highlighted it in a 2009 article entitled "How to Spot Health Fraud".<ref>{{cite journal |url=https://www.fda.gov/Drugs/EmergencyPreparedness/BioterrorismandDrugPreparedness/ucm137284.htm |title=How to Spot Health Fraud |author=Kurtzweil, Paula |date=25 February 2010 |journal=Drugs |volume=33 |issue=6 |pages=22–6 |publisher=U.S. Food and Drug Administration |pmid=10628313 |access-date=15 July 2015}}</ref> Nevertheless, the oil has been linked to the easing of gastrointestinal inflammation, and tests on rats have shown that it has a significant effect in treating [[arthritis]] and joint pain, more so than olive or fish oils.<ref name=avian>{{cite journal|doi=10.1071/EA08134|journal=Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture |year=2008 |volume=48 |pages=1345–1350 |title=Comparison of the antioxidant properties of emu oil with other avian oils |author1=Bennett, Darin C. |author2=Code, William E. |author3=Godin, David V. |author4=Cheng, Kimberly M. |issue=10}}</ref> It has been scientifically shown to improve the rate of wound healing, but the mechanism responsible for this effect is not understood.<ref name=avian /> A 2008 study has claimed that emu oil has a better anti-oxidative and anti-inflammatory potential than ostrich oil, and linked this to emu oil's higher proportion of unsaturated to saturated fatty acids.<ref name=yog>{{cite journal|last1=Yoganathan |first1=S. |last2=Nicolosi |first2=R. |last3=Wilson |first3=T. |first4= G. |last4=Handelman |first5=P. |last5=Scollin |first6=R. |last6=Tao |first7=P. |last7=Binford |first8=F. |last8=Orthoefer |title=Antagonism of croton oil inflammation by topical emu oil in CD-1 mice |journal=Lipids |volume=38 |issue=6 |pages=603–607 |year=2003 |pmid=12934669 |doi= 10.1007/s11745-003-1104-y |s2cid=4054042 }}</ref><ref name=avian /><ref>{{cite journal|author1=Politis, M.J. |author2=Dmytrowich, A. |title=Promotion of second intention wound healing by emu oil lotion: comparative results with furasin, polysporin, and cortisone |journal=Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery |volume=102 |issue=7 |pages=2404–2407 |year=1998 |pmid=9858176 |doi= 10.1097/00006534-199812000-00020 |s2cid=793260 }}</ref> While there are no scientific studies showing that emu oil is effective in humans, it is marketed and promoted as a dietary supplement with a wide variety of claimed health benefits. Commercially marketed emu oil supplements are poorly standardised.<ref>{{cite journal|author1=Whitehouse, M.W. |author2=Turner, A.G. |author3=Davis, C.K. |author4=Roberts, M.S. |title=Emu oil(s): A source of non-toxic transdermal anti-inflammatory agents in aboriginal medicine |journal=Inflammopharmacology |volume=6 |issue=1 |pages=1–8 |year=1998 |pmid=17638122 |doi=10.1007/s10787-998-0001-9 |s2cid=23295481 }}</ref>

[[File:Engraved Emu egg.jpg|thumb|Engraved Emu egg.]]

Emu [[leather]] has a distinctive patterned surface, due to a raised area around the feather [[hair follicle|follicles]] in the skin; the leather is used in such items as [[wallet]]s, handbags, shoes and clothes,<ref name=NYT02713/> often in combination with other leathers. The feathers and eggs are used in decorative arts and [[craft]]s. In particular, emptied emu eggs have been engraved with portraits, similar to [[cameo (carving)|cameos]], and scenes of Australian native animals.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://australian.museum/learn/cultures/atsi-collection/cultural-objects/kalti-paarti-introduction/ |title=Kalti Paarti – Carved emu eggs |publisher=National Museum of Australia |access-date=15 July 2015}}</ref> Mounted Emu eggs and emu-egg containers in the form of hundreds of goblets, inkstands and vases were produced in the second half of the nineteenth century, all richly embellished with images of Australian flora, fauna and indigenous people by travelling silversmiths, founders of a 'new Australian grammar of ornament'.<ref>Jonathan Sweet, 'Belonging before Federation: Design and Identity in Colonial Australian Gold and Silver', in Brian Hubber (ed.), ''All that Glitters: Australian Colonial Gold and Silver from the Vizard Foundation'', exhibition catalogue, Geelong Regional Art Gallery, Geelong, 2001, p. 15.</ref><ref>John B Hawkins, 19th Century Australian Silver, Antique Collectors' Club, Woodbridge, UK, 1990, vol. 1, p. 22–6; Eva Czernis-Ryl (ed.), Australian Gold & Silver, 1851–1900, exhibition catalogue, Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, 1995.</ref> They continued longstanding traditions that can be traced back to the European mounted ostrich eggs of the thirteenth century and Christian symbolism and notions of virginity, fertility, faith and strength. For a society of proud settlers who sought to bring culture and civilisation to their new world, the traditional ostrich-egg goblet, freed from its roots in a society dominated by court culture,<ref>Dirk Syndram & Antje Scherner (ed.), ''Princely Splendor: The Dresden Court 1580–1620'', exhibition catalogue, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 2006, pp. 87–9.</ref> was creatively made novel in the Australian colonies as forms and functions were invented to make the objects attractive to a new, broader audience.<ref>Joylon Warwick James, 'A European Heritage: Nineteenth-Century Silver in Australia', The Silver Society Journal, 2003, pp. 133–7</ref> Significant designers Adolphus Blau, Julius Hogarth, Ernest Leviny, Julius Schomburgk, Johann Heinrich Steiner, Christian Quist, [[J. M. Wendt|Joachim Matthias Wendt]], William Edwards and others<ref>Terence Lane, 'Australian Silver in the National Gallery of Victoria', Art Bulletin, vol. 18, 1980–81, pp. 379–85</ref><ref>Judith O’Callaghan (ed.), The J. and J. Altmann Collection of Australian Silver, exhibition catalogue, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 1981.</ref> had the technical training on which to build flourishing businesses in a country rich in raw materials and a clientele hungry for old-world paraphernalia.<ref>Eichberger, D. (1988). Patterns of Domestication.</ref>

In addition to their use in farming, emus are sometimes kept as pets, though they require adequate space and food in order to live healthily. Emus were formerly subject to regulation in the United Kingdom under the [[Dangerous Wild Animals Act 1976|Dangerous Wild Animals Act]]; however, a review of the act in 2007 led to changes that allow emus (alongside a number of other animals that were also regulated under the act) to be kept without a license, as they were no longer considered to be dangerous.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2007-10-05 |title=New pets law allows emus to be kept without licence |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/property/house-and-home/pets/news/new-pets-law-allows-emus-to-be-kept-without-licence-5328541.html |access-date=2023-02-05 |website=The Independent |language=en}}</ref>

=== Cultural references ===
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The emu has a prominent place in [[Australian Aboriginal mythology]], including a [[creation myth]] of the [[Gamilaraay language|Yuwaalaraay]] and other groups in New South Wales who say that the sun was made by throwing an emu's egg into the sky; the bird features in numerous [[Etiology|aetiological]] stories told across a number of Aboriginal groups.<ref>{{cite book |author=Dixon, Roland B. |year=1916 |title=Oceanic Mythology |chapter=Australia |chapter-url=http://www.sacred-texts.com/pac/om/om25.htm |pages=270–275 |publisher=Bibliobazaar |isbn=978-0-8154-0059-2}}</ref> One story from Western Australia holds that a man once annoyed a small bird, who responded by throwing a [[boomerang]], severing the arms of the man and transforming him into a flightless emu.<ref name=e60>Eastman, p. 60.</ref> The [[Kurdaitcha]] man of Central Australia is said to wear sandals made of emu feathers to mask his footprints. Many Aboriginal language groups throughout Australia have a tradition that the dark dust lanes in the [[Milky Way]] represent a giant [[Australian Aboriginal astronomy#Emu in the sky|emu in the sky]].<ref>Norris, R. P., & Hamacher, D. W. (2010). Astronomical symbolism in Australian Aboriginal rock art. arXiv preprint arXiv:1009.4753.</ref><ref>Norris, R. (2008). Emu Dreaming:[The Milky Way and other heavenly bodies have been inspiration for a rich Aboriginal culture.]. Australasian Science, 29(4), 16.</ref> Several of the [[Sydney rock engravings]] depict emus,<ref>{{cite journal |arxiv=1009.4753 |first1=Ray P. |last1=Norris |first2=Duane W. |last2=Hamacher |title=Astronomical Symbolism in Australian Aboriginal Rock Art |journal=Rock Art Research |volume=28 |issue=1 |pages=99 |year=2010 |bibcode=2011RArtR..28...99N }}</ref> and the birds are mimicked in Indigenous dances.<ref name=e62>Eastman, p. 62.</ref> Hunting emus, known as ''kari'' in the [[Kaurna language]], features in the major [[Dreamtime|Dreaming]] story of the [[Kaurna people]] of the [[Adelaide]] region about the ancestor hero [[Tjilbruke]].

The emu is popularly but Unofficially considered as a faunal emblem – the [[List of national birds|national bird]] of Australia.<ref>{{Citation | author1=Robin, Libby, 1956– | author2=Joseph, Leo | author3=Heinsohn, Robert | author4=ProQuest (Firm) | title=Boom & bust : bird stories for a dry country | date=2009 | publisher=CSIRO Pub | isbn=978-0-643-09709-4 }}</ref><ref name="CoatArms">{{cite web|publisher=Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade |url=http://dfat.gov.au/about-australia/land-its-people/Pages/australias-national-symbols.aspx |title=Australia's National Symbols |access-date=15 July 2015}}</ref> It appears as a shield bearer on the [[Coat of arms of Australia]] with the [[red kangaroo]], and as a part of the Arms also appears on the Australian [[Coins of the Australian dollar|50-cent coin]].<ref name="CoatArms" /><ref name="50Cents">{{cite web| title = Fifty cents  | publisher = Royal Australian Mint  | year = 2010  | url = http://www.ramint.gov.au/designs/ram-designs/50c.cfm| access-date = 18 July 2015}}</ref> It has featured on numerous Australian [[postage stamp]]s, including a [[federation of Australia|pre-federation]] New South Wales 100th Anniversary issue from 1888, which featured a 2 [[penny|pence]] blue emu stamp, a 36-cent stamp released in 1986, and a $1.35 stamp released in 1994.<ref name="Stamp ">{{cite web | title =Emu Stamps| publisher = Birdlife International |work=Bird stamps | url = http://www.bird-stamps.org/cspecies/400100.htm| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20001019193717/http://www.bird-stamps.org/cspecies/400100.htm| url-status = usurped| archive-date = 19 October 2000| access-date = 18 July 2015}}</ref> The hats of the [[Australian Light Horse]] are decorated with emu feather plumes.<ref name="LightHorse">{{cite web| title = Tabulam and the Light Horse Tradition| publisher = Australian Light Horse Association| year = 2011  | url = http://www.lighthorse.org.au/resources/military-stories-misc/tabulam-and-the-light-horse-tradition| access-date = 18 July 2015}}</ref><ref>Marti, S. (2018). "The Symbol of Our Nation": The Slouch Hat, the First World War, and Australian Identity. Journal of Australian Studies, 42(1), 3–18.</ref>

Trademarks of early Australian companies using the emu included Webbenderfer Bros frame mouldings (1891), Mac Robertson Chocolate and Cocoa (1893), Dyason and Son Emu Brand Cordial Sauce (1894), James Allard Pottery Wares (1906), and rope manufacturers G. Kinnear and Sons Pty. Ltd. still use it on some of their products.<ref>{{Citation | author1=[[Mimmo Cozzolino|Cozzolino, Mimmo]] | author2=Rutherford, G. Fysh (Graeme Fysh), 1947– | title=Symbols of Australia | date=2000 | page=62 | publisher=Mimmo Cozzolino | edition=20th anniversary | isbn=978-0-646-40309-0 }}</ref>

There are around six hundred [[Gazetteer of Australia|gazetted]] places in Australia with "emu" in their title, including mountains, lakes, hills, plains, creeks and waterholes.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Geoscience Australia |year=2004 |url=http://www.ga.gov.au/bin/gazm01?placename=emu&placetype=0&state=0 |title=Place Names Search Result |access-date=18 July 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121209083415/http://www.ga.gov.au/bin/gazm01?placename=emu&placetype=0&state=0 |archive-date=9 December 2012}}</ref> During the 19th and 20th centuries, many Australian companies and household products were named after the bird. In Western Australia, [[Emu (beer)|Emu beer]] has been produced since the early 20th century and the [[Swan Brewery]] continues to produce a range of beers branded as "Emu".<ref>{{cite book|author1=Spiller, Geoff |author2= Norton, Suzanna |title=Micro-Breweries to Monopolies and Back: Swan River Colony Breweries 1829–2002|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9FSCAAAACAAJ |year=2003 |publisher=Western Australian Museum |isbn=978-1-920843-01-4}}</ref> The quarterly peer-reviewed journal of the [[Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union]], also known as Birds Australia, is entitled ''[[Emu (journal)|Emu: Austral Ornithology]]''.<ref name="EmuJournal">{{cite web| title = Emu: Austral Ornithology | publisher = Royal Australasian Ornithologists' Union  | year = 2011  | url = http://www.publish.csiro.au/nid/96.htm| access-date = 18 July 2015}}</ref>

The comedian [[Rod Hull]] featured a wayward [[Emu (puppet)|emu puppet]] in his act for many years and the bird returned to the small screen in the hands of [[Toby Hull|his son Toby]] after the puppeteer's death in 1999.<ref name="comeback">{{cite news | date=8 June 2006 | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/5059196.stm | title=Emu set for television comeback | work=BBC News | access-date=18 July 2015}}</ref> In 2019, American insurance company [[Liberty Mutual]] launched an advertising campaign that features LiMu Emu, a [[Computer-generated imagery|CGI]]-rendered emu.<ref>{{cite press release|url=https://www.libertymutualgroup.com/about-lm/news/news-release-archive/articles/introducing-limu-emu-and-doug |title=Introducing LiMu Emu and Doug, the Dynamic Duo of the Insurance World Starring in New Liberty Mutual Ad Campaign |publisher=Liberty Mutual Insurance |date=25 February 2019 |access-date=11 July 2019}}</ref>

Another popular Emu on social media is Emmanuel, a resident of Knuckle Bump Farms in south Florida.  Taylor Blake, the farm's owner, since 2013 has recorded video shorts explaining aspects of the farm and is often interrupted as Emmanuel the Emu [[photobomb]]s her videos earning constant rebukes; the term "Emmanuel don't do it!" has become popular on social media.<ref>[https://mymodernmet.com/emmanuel-the-emu-knuckle-bump-farms/ Emmanuel Is Now the Most Famous Emu in the World for Knocking Over the Camera Every Time His Owner Is Filming] My Modern Met</ref>