Video: Brookfield Zoo's emu runs wild, stretches legs on pleasant spring day
Brookfield Zoo’s emu runs wild, stretches legs on pleasant spring day
For the first time this spring, two male emus were allowed to explore their larger outdoor habitat at Brookfield Zoo – and one of them took off running. Video credit: Lynette Kleisner/CZS-Brookfield Zoo
BROOKFIELD, Ill. - For the first time this spring, two male emus were allowed to explore their larger outdoor habitat at Brookfield Zoo – and one of them took off running.
Video released Wednesday shows Echo, who is 6-years-old, running around the habitat stretching his legs. Dill, who is 25-years-old, took a slower pace.
Emus can run up to 30 mph, and they can swim as well, Brookfield Zoo said in a statement.
Emus are common throughout Australia, which is the only country in the world where they are found in the wild.
Video credit: Lynette Kleisner/CZS-Brookfield Zoo