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

鸸鹋鸟一起生活另一种大鸟类。

So, the ostrich is bigger than the emu.

鸵鸟比鸸鹋大。

An emu is a large bird that cannot fly.

鸸鶓一种不会飞鸟。

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

鸸鹋甚至都不世界上最大鸟。

And while the thunderbirds went extinct, the emu survived.

虽然鸟灭绝了，但鸸鹋却活了下来。

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

就算鸸鹋不真，它也不像能飞走样子。

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.

安静以色列海滨城镇，驾驶员突然遇见了一个正在逃窜鸸鹋。

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，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支持。想想鸸鹋，另一种鸟生活在一起大鸟。

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

除了这些动物，塔斯马尼亚鸸鹋也塔斯马尼亚虎最喜欢食物。

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

Lichtman：当鸟灭绝时，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警察称，这只鸸鹋已经成为了警察局常客，还这里马匹打成了一片。

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 个月内长到完整体，并在不久之进行繁殖。

Many of you will have probably heard about the great emu war in which the Australian government went to war with modern machine guns against their emu population and failed.

你们很多人可能听说过“鸸鹋之战”，在这场战争中，澳大利亚政府用现代化机关枪对抗他们鸸鹋群，但失败了。

But they're not two American kids, they're an emu and a donkey that were apparently abandoned at a North Carolina farm. A bird sanctuary took them in and they wouldn't be separated.

但他们不两个美国孩子，而一只鸸鹋和一头被遗弃在北卡罗来纳州一个农场驴子。 一个鸟类保护区收留了他们，而且他们不会被分开。