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Post by Gorgonopsid on Jul 9, 2011 2:30:21 GMT
Here's something I was wondering. Could Emus and Raptors be related some how? I saw an Emu today and it acted like a Raptor would. Very mean. Raoptors are very territorial if correct. I wonder if in time if scientists cloned stuff they could make a raptor? ;D
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Post by Seijun on Jul 9, 2011 2:48:30 GMT
My boss owns an emu as a pet. She is a very sweet bird, having been human-raised since she was hatched  |
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Post by Blade-of-the-Moon on Jul 9, 2011 5:30:07 GMT
I think I saw a pic of Melody's pet Emu once... ;D We've considered keeping a couple here ourselves..but not sure how well they would do in winter.
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Post by Seijun on Jul 9, 2011 5:48:34 GMT
I think she has a picture on "ed" on her facebook page. So far this emu has done fine with our Oregon winters, but they are fairly mild, and she has a nice warm barn to sleep in, and warm llamas.
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Post by Gorgonopsid on Jul 9, 2011 5:58:34 GMT
I took pictures of this Emu too. He looked at me too on one of the pics. |
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Post by Blade-of-the-Moon on Jul 9, 2011 6:15:50 GMT
I think she has a picture on "ed" on her facebook page. So far this emu has done fine with our Oregon winters, but they are fairly mild, and she has a nice warm barn to sleep in, and warm llamas. lol that would certainly help..but I don't really need llamas..lol ;D |
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Post by arioch on Jul 9, 2011 12:32:59 GMT
If anything they would be closely related to Cassowaries ;D:  (I´m not serious since their big feet claws are actually very different) |
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Post by gwangi on Jul 9, 2011 21:01:22 GMT
I would say the seriama but their closest relatives are actually the Phorusrhacidae (terror birds). ;D  |
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Post by Horridus on Jul 9, 2011 21:05:13 GMT
Could Emus and Raptors be related some how? I saw an Emu today and it acted like a Raptor would. Very mean. Yeah, they're both dinosaurs! |
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Post by dinoguy2 on Jul 9, 2011 21:06:55 GMT
All modern birds evolved from a single ancestor, so all birds are equally closely related to raptors. The ancestors of flightless birds of emu were things similar to Tinamou, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tinamou not particularly raptor-like. However, in reverting to the role of large ground bird, they would be in a similar ecological niche. All large flightless maniraptors, raptors included, seem to approach the same basic "type". |
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