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Show Emus in Russia The Soviet authorities have started start-ed a scheme to "populate" the steppes of Russia with Australian emus. Preliminary Pre-liminary experiments in this direction direc-tion were begun under the first five-year five-year plan, and they are now said to be satisfactory, the emu having shown that it can withstand the cold winters of Russia as far north as Moscow. The official report df the - new scheme points out that the emu is a bird, with edible flesh and that its eggs contain from 600 to 700 grammes of nutritious food. For the moment, however, it Is intended not to eat the eggs, but to use them for hatching, and special incubators have been constructed. |