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Awaiting Steely Dan's rebuttal of this vicious libel.
Plans for emu underpass across Australian highway abandoned (Telegraph)
Plans for emu underpass across Australian highway abandoned (Telegraph)
much more at the link aboveAustralian road officials have been considering ways to save a coastal emu habitat in northern New South Wales from the impact of a proposed highway which will cut through the birds’ territory.
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The state’s Roads and Maritime Service has proposed underground tunnels to help protect the emus – a measure which has been used to save koalas and reptiles.
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However, environmentalists believe underpasses will not save the emus, which lack the intelligence to use them.
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"Emus are big birds with little brains," Gary Whale, from a local bird group called Clarence Valley Birdos, said.
“There is no evidence that emus have ever gone through an underpass ... Farmers open their gate to try and encourage them to go out. Five meters away the emu is butting at a five-strand fence, but can't work out that there is an opening there that it can get through."
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