Oprah's Favorite Emu Oil:
Dremu Oil:
Emu oil is said to have medicinal benefit and
to be useful for various purposes. Although the emu is an Australian flightless
bird, not all emu oil is of animal origin.
There are two different types of emu oil, with different origins. The first type
is made by rendering down the fat of the emu. Vegetarian emu oil is also sold,
made from a particular native plant.
The Emu (Dromaius novaehollandiae, Latin for "fast-footed New Hollander.") is
the largest bird native to Australia and, after the Ostrich, the second-largest
bird that survives today.
It inhabits most of the less-populated areas of the continent, avoiding only
dense forest and severe desert. Like all birds in the Ratite group, it is
flightless, although unlike some it does have tiny wings hidden under the
feathers.
The soft-feathered, brown birds reach 1.5 to 2 metres in height and weigh up to
60 kilograms, with the male marginally smaller.
Emus are opportunistically nomadic and follow rain, feeding on grains, flowers,
fruit, soft shoots, insects, grubs, and whatever else is available. They are
able to travel great distances at a fast, economical trot and, if need be, can
sprint at 50 km/h.
Three different emu species were common prior to European settlement in 1788:
The Emu, Dromaius novaehollandiae, remains common in most of the more lightly
settled parts of mainland Australia. Overall population varies from decade to
decade according to rainfall; as low as 200,000 and as high as a million, but a
typical figure is about half a million individuals. Although no longer found in
the densely settled southern and south-western agricultural areas, the provision
of permanent stock water in arid regions has allowed the mainland species to
extend its range. There are three current sub-species or races of the Emu across
Australia:
D. novaehollandiae novaehollandiae - South-east Australia - whitish ruff when
breeding.
D. novaehollandiae woodwardi - North Australia - slender, paler.
D. novaehollandiae rothschildi - South-west Australia - darker, no ruff during
breeding.
D. novaehollandiae diemenensis - Tasmania - The Tasmanian Emu, became extinct
around 1850.
The Kangaroo Island Emu, D. baudinianus became extinct around 1827 as a result
of hunting and frequent fires. The larger mainland species was introduced to
Kangaroo Island in the 1920s.
The small King Island Emu D. ater was about half the size of the mainland
species. By 1805 it had been hunted to extinction by sealers and visiting
sailors.
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