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Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Casuariiformes Family: Casuariidae Genus: Dromaius Scientific Name: Dromaius Novaehollandiae Type: Bird Diet: Omnivore Size (H): 1.5m - 1.9m (4.9ft - 6.2ft) Weight: 18kg - 60kg (40lbs - 132lbs) Top Speed: 40km/h (25mph) Life Span: 12 - 20 years Lifestyle: Flock The emu is the largest bird native to Australia and the second largest bird in the world, behind the ostrich. The emu is most commonly found in wooded areas but emus are common all over Australia. Studies show that emus seem to avoid dense forests and largely populated areas, as this means that the emu can be more aware of it's surroundings. Although the emu does prefer to be in woodland or shrub land where there is plenty to eat as well as cover, they like to know exactly what is around them. In Australia there are enormous emu farms where the emu is bred for meat, oil and leather. Emu oil is said to hold medicinal healing properties when rubbed onto painfu...

Solar Impulse took off from Japan's Nagoya Airfield at 18:03 GMT on Sunday. The journey to Hawaii is expected to take approximately 120 hours. The team spent nearly two months waiting for clear weather to cross the Pacific, and a developing cold front forced the plane to make an unscheduled landing in Japan earlier this month. "Andre Borschberg has passed the point of no return and must now see this 5 days 5 nights flight through to the end," Solar Impulse said on its website. The pilot now no longer has the option to turn around and return to Japan, if the weather forecast changes.The first attempt to fly over the ocean was cut short after a change in the forecast forced an unscheduled landing. And another attempt to take off last Tuesday was cancelled at the last moment because of concerns about the conditions. If the pilot succeeds, it will be the longest-duration solo flight in aviation history, as well as the furthest distance flown by a craft that...

The "leap second" means the spur of the moment of June will have 61 seconds in it. Leap seconds - and leap years - are added as essential approaches to keep the check in a state of harmony with the Earth and its seasons. Be that as it may, there are concerns the additional second could bring about issues for some PC frameworks in light of the fact that it must be included physically. Timekeepers are separated about whether to keep the extra unit of time - and the issue is situated to be discussed at a meeting not long from now. Flighty revolution  Theexpansion will imply that the spur of the moment of June will have 61 seconds; while 23:59:59 generally turns into 00:00:00, the leap second will guarantee the time turns into 23:59:60.   Dwindle Whibberley, senior examination researcher at the UK's National Physical Laboratory (NPL), said: "In light of the fact that they rely on upon estimations of the Earth's pivot, which differs capriciously, leap s...

The researchers filmed two social groups of chimpanzees living in two Swiss zoological gardens while the animals repeatedly viewed film clips. The films portrayed the actions of other chimps unknown to them. The control clip showed chimps doing neutral activities such as walking or cracking nuts. The experimental clips included aggressive scenes, such as an infant chimpanzee being killed by its own kind, a small colobus monkey being hunted and killed by chimps, and socially aggressive behavior between chimpanzee adults. The taped sessions were analyzed to find out how long the chimps in the experiment looked at the screen, whether they were aroused or affected by what they saw, and how they behaved while doing so. The zoo animals looked up to four times longer at the infanticide scenes than at any of the other films. The chimps did not merely respond to the infant screams they heard, they paid preferential attention to these scenes as a whole. This shows that chimpanzees can...