Pitching in on the weekends, helping to plant the emus.

在周末的时候过去帮忙 帮助种植鸸鸟。

Consider the emu, a different big bird that lived alongside the thunderbirds.

鸸鹋是与雷鸟一起生活的另一种大型鸟类。

So, the ostrich is bigger than the emu.

鸵鸟比鸸鹋大。

An emu is a large bird that cannot fly.

鸸鶓是一种不会飞的鸟。

The emu is not even the biggest bird in the world.

鸸鹋甚至都不是世界上最大的鸟。

And while the thunderbirds went extinct, the emu survived.

虽然雷鸟灭绝了，但鸸鹋却活了下来。

And even if the emu wasn't, it's not like it could fly away.

就算鸸鹋不是真的，它也不像能飞走的样子。

They placed both a stuffed animal kangaroo and an emu by their front door.

他们在门前摆放了一只毛绒袋鼠和一只毛绒鸸鶓。

And drivers in a normally tranquil Israeli coastal town encountered an unlikely traiffic snarl, an emu on the run.

安静的以色列海滨城镇，驾驶员突然遇见了一个正在逃窜的鸸鹋。

They use their wings to fly. But some birds have wings, such as penguins and emus are small and stubby.

它们用翅膀来飞翔。但有些鸟没有翅膀，像企鹅和鸸鹋，小小的粗而短的身躯。

An emu, in contrast, it will grow to full body size in 14 months and is breeding shortly after that.

相比之下，鸸鹋在14个月内就会长到成年体型，此后不久就开始繁殖生育。

This theory is backed up by another bird tale. Consider the emu, a different big bird that lived alongside the thunderbirds.

这一理论得到了另一种鸟类传言的支持。想想鸸鹋，另一种与雷鸟生活在一起的大鸟。

Apart from these animals, the Tasmanian emu formed a favourite meal of the Tasmanian Tiger.

除了这些动物，塔斯马尼亚鸸鹋也是塔斯马尼亚虎最喜欢的食物。

Lichtman: And while the thunderbirds went extinct, the emu survived.

Lichtman：当雷鸟灭绝时，鸸鹋幸存了下来。

I was wearing the very shaggy waistcoat thing that Dad says makes me look like an emu.

我穿着那种毛茸茸的背心，爸爸说那件让我看起来像一只鸸鹋。

Police in Alice Springs say this emu has become a regular vistor at the police station, mingling with its mounted police force.

来自艾丽斯斯普林斯的警察称，这只鸸鹋已经成为了警察局的常客，还与这里的马匹打成了一片。

They even studied the biomechanics of emus walking through similar sediments so the movements of the model foot could be perfected.

他们甚至研究了鸸鹋在类似沉积物中行走的生物力学，以便完善模型足部的动作。

An emu , in contrast, it will grow to full body size in 14 months and is breeding shortly after that.

Worthy：相比之下，鸸鹋会在 1​​4 个月内长到完整的体型，并在不久之后进行繁殖。

They include some species of duck and all species of penguin, secretive swamp dwellers and speedy ostriches, giant emus, and tiny kiwis.

它们包括某些种类的鸭子和所有种类的企鹅、隐秘的沼泽居民和敏捷的鸵鸟、巨型鸸鹋和小型奇异鸟。

One of these lineages was the paleognathes, which today include ratites like ostriches and emus, as well as weird South American birds called tinamous.

这些血统之一是古颌类，今天包括鸵鸟和鸸鹋等平胸动物，以及南美洲奇怪的鸟类， 称为 tinamous。