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

鸸鹋是与雷鸟一起生活另一种大型鸟类。

So, the ostrich is bigger than the emu.

鸵鸟比鸸鹋大。

An emu is a large bird that cannot fly.

鸸鶓是一种不会飞鸟。

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

鸸鹋甚至都不是世界上最大鸟。

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，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袋鼠和一鸸鶓。

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支持。想想鸸鹋，另一种与雷鸟生活在一起大鸟。

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

除了这些动物，塔斯马尼亚鸸鹋也是塔斯马尼亚虎最喜欢食物。

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.

我穿着那种茸茸背心，爸爸说那件让我看起来像一鸸鹋。

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，这鸸鹋已经成为了警察局常客，还与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 个内长到完整体型，并在不久之后进行繁殖。

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.

但他们不是两个美国孩子，而是一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，而且他们是不会被分开。