The Flightless Birds Expertease

Okay, Dano, so you met your first emu.

It did not go well.

No, no, no, no. I've heard you speak of this in the past.

Now, to me, that did not even look like a bird.

That was like a squatty giraffe.

Right.

But, whoa,

there's an egg underneath, you know.

Oh, my goodness.

When was the last time I saw a giraffe lay an egg?

Right.

Well, it

had been a long time.

Go back far enough in your evolution.

Yeah,

all the way back to the Jurassic period.

Right.

So did you feel tender feelings then for this giant kind of monster, but that had a little baby in its nest?

Yes, several omelets later, we learned that they could hatch and create offspring, just like birds.

The idea of a leaden, heavy-based, walking bird that didn't even try to fly.

These birds, Claire, don't even flap.

Now, they do have feathers.

Yes, and their feathers are used in products that man can benefit from.

And I feel like that's the value of a bird.

How much they help man's needs? That's the value? Not