EXEMPLARY PARENT
MALE EMU AT WORK AGAIN IN WELLINGTON. Fired by his last year s success, when he brought into the world two infant emus, the cock emu at the Wellington. Zoo is again sitting, on a batch of six large blue-green eggs contributed by his mate. He faces a twomonth vigil. So eager was the emu to begin sitting that no sooner had his mate laid the eggs than he literally kicked her off them, removing a large proportion of her feathers in the process and punishing her severely. For their own safety, she and the survivor of last year’s chicks, now a well-grown bird, have been removed to an adjacent paddock. The emu is brooding on the bare ground, the nest being no more than a slight indentation scratched in the ground. It is in almost exactly the same site as last year. Among birds of the emu and cassowary class, it is usual for the cock bird to brood over the eggs. His greater stability of character, determination and patience, make the male an exemplary parent.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 19 August 1938, Page 2
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179EXEMPLARY PARENT Wairarapa Times-Age, 19 August 1938, Page 2
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