Casuariidae Casuariidae The bird family Casuariidae has four surviving members: the three species of cassowary and the emu. All living members of the family are very large flightless birds native to Australia-New Guinea, though the extinct potential member "Hypselornis" was native to India. The characteristics of the family are those of its members. The fossil record of casuariforms is interesting, but not very extensive. Some Australian fossils initially believed to be from emus were recognized to represent a distinct genus, "Emuarius", which had a cassowary-like skull and femur and an emu-like lower leg and foot. A Pliocene Indian ratite, "Hypselornis", has
Emu (puppet) Danny Mulheron the same director of Paradise Café by the same company. The second series was filmed in Singapore with shots at South Bridge Road Chinatown buildings and more shots at Bishan-Ang Mo Kio Park. It was shown on CITV with repeats until April 2014. The programme was distributed to other countries and channels TVNZ in New Zealand, Abc in Australia and Playhouse Disney (now Disney Junior) in the US. Emu (puppet) Emu is a puppet emu given to British entertainer Rod Hull in the 1960s while he was presenting a children's breakfast television programme in Australia. Hull adopted the